Oaklands Primary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Westerham, Bromley·TN16 3DN
Composite score
28.3
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National rank
#1644
In London
#66
In Bromley
Top 92%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
40%
% achieving higher RWM
2%
Reading average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
27 first choices, 27 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
44
any preference, for 27 places
Applications from another council area
18%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9820220.9820230.9420240.9320251.002026

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

Every child who put Oaklands Primary Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
448
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
3.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
23.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,744
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Oaklands Primary Academy is a primary school serving Westerham, Bromley, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 448 pupils aged 2 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Oaklands Primary Academy 'Requires improvement'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 40% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. Results have held broadly steady on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 101 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 2% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Oaklands Primary Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 27 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 7.6%. There are about 23.0 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Oaklands Primary Academy, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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