St George's, Bickley, Church of England Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Bromley·BR1 2RL
Composite score
60.5
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#3,803
National rank
#849
In London
#36
In Bromley
Top 26%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
68%
% achieving higher RWM
14%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
38 first choices, 54 places
First choices per place
0.70
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
230
any preference, for 54 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.30
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0720221.1420231.0320241.0020250.702026

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

Every child who put St George's, Bickley, Church of England Primary School 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
412
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
6.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
14.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
8.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
26.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,359
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St George's, Bickley, Church of England Primary School at a glance

Located in Bromley, St George's, Bickley, Church of England Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 412 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Outstanding' at its most recent inspection. 68% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 8.0 percentage points compared with the previous 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 108 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 14% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St George's, Bickley, Church of England Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 54 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.4%. There are about 26.1 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. 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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