Midfield Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Orpington, Bromley·BR5 3EG
Composite score
60.6
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#3,778
National rank
#841
In London
#35
In Bromley
Top 26%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
61%
% achieving higher RWM
18%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
71%
80 first choices, 58 places
First choices per place
1.38
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
199
any preference, for 58 places
Last place offered lived
0.75 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 1209 m
Applications from another council area
8%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.48
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1 per place
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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 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
474
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
25.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
19.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
9.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
17.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,890
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Midfield Primary School is a primary school serving Orpington, Bromley, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 474 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 61% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 13.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 26% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 18% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Midfield Primary School is oversubscribed: about 7 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 80 first choices for 58 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.75 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 5.8%. There are about 17.5 pupils per teacher. Midfield Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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