Darrick Wood Infant & Nursery School

Academy converter·Infant school Orpington, Bromley·BR6 8ER
School type
Infant school
Ages 3–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Darrick Wood Infant & Nursery School is an infant school for pupils aged 3–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
67 first choices, 86 places
First choices per place
0.78
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
297
any preference, for 86 places
Last place offered lived
1.85 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 2976 m
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.22
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8620220.8620230.9020241.0020250.782026

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

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it. In 2026 the school was not oversubscribed, so no distance limit applied.

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

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

School profile

Age range
3–7
Pupils on roll
306
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
7.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
15.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,062
Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Location

School overview

Darrick Wood Infant & Nursery School is a primary school serving Orpington, Bromley, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 306 pupils aged 3 to 7 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Darrick Wood Infant & Nursery School 'Outstanding'.

Darrick Wood Infant & Nursery School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 67 families who put it first were offered a place. The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2025 lived 1.85 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. Overall pupil absence was 5.4%. There are about 23.5 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 8% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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.