The Ravensbourne School

Academy converter·Secondary school Bromley·BR2 9EH
Composite score
56.2
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National rank
#353
In London
#15
In Bromley
Top 54%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
45.0
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
41%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
62%
% EBacc grade 5+
13%
EBacc average points score
3.92

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
80%
189 first choices, 239 places
First choices per place
0.79
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
1,221
any preference, for 239 places
Applications from another council area
23%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.17
00.511.5
1 per place
0.6820220.6220230.6120240.6220250.792026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for The Ravensbourne School yet. Bromley does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,531
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
33.1%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
15.2%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.4%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.2%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.6%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
31.8%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.9
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,393
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
90%
198 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
83%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

The Ravensbourne School is a secondary school serving Bromley, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 1,531 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated The Ravensbourne School 'Good'. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 45.0, broadly in line with the national average of 46. That is down 3.4 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of secondary schools nationally.

41% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 62% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 80% of the families who made The Ravensbourne School their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. After Year 11, 90% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 9.6%. There are about 18.9 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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