Orion Mead Road

Academy sponsor led·Infant school Chislehurst, Bromley·BR7 6AD

School type

Infant school

Ages 4–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Orion Mead Road is an infant school for pupils aged 4–7. 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

96%

24 first choices, 29 places

First choices per place

0.83

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

103

any preference, for 29 places

Last place offered lived

4.07 mi

straight line, 2026 intake · 6552 m

Applications from another council area

14%

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.17

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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).

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Outstanding

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Outstanding

School profile

Age range: 4–7
Pupils on roll: 79
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None
Admissions: Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

6.3%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

24.1%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

2.5%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

2.5%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.1%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

7.7%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

13.2

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£9,138

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Edgebury Primary School Chislehurst · 0.3 mi 61.6 Red Hill Primary School Chislehurst · 0.4 mi 63.8 St Nicholas Church of England Primary Chislehurst · 0.6 mi 71.3 Orion Ravensworth London · 1.2 mi 37.2 Elmstead Wood Primary School London · 1.3 mi 47.7 St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School Orpington · 1.3 mi 77.8 St Vincent's Catholic Primary School London · 1.4 mi 67.8 Midfield Primary School Orpington · 1.5 mi 60.6

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

School overview

Orion Mead Road is a primary school serving Chislehurst, Bromley, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 79 pupils aged 4 to 7 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Orion Mead Road 'Good'.

96% of the families who made Orion Mead Road their first choice were offered a Reception 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. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 4.07 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 4.1%. There are about 13.2 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 6% 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.