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Langley Park School for Girls, Beckenham

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Langley Park School for Girls is a secondary school for girls aged 11 to 18 in Beckenham, part of Impact Multi Academy Trust. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in November 2022. Its 2026 GCSE results were the 2nd-highest of the 5 schools in Beckenham with published results, and 416th of 3,298 across England. For 2026 entry it had 1.4 first-choice applications for every place. It was full in 2025, at 104% of capacity.

GCSE results
Above England average
Ofsted
Good (2022)
Demand
Oversubscribed
Attendance
Better than England average
Progress (2024)
Above average
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Data last updated 1 Nov 2026

Langley Park School for Girls in detail

Langley Park School for Girls in its own words

From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to Langley Park School for Girls (LPGS). We are a high achieving non-selective girls’ comprehensive school in South East London (Beckenham) with a mixed Sixth Form. We are highly ambitious for all our students to achieve extremely well. Our results consistently put LPGS amongst the most successful schools in Bromley."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include drama, STEM, photography, Duke of Edinburgh and homework club.

Headteacher's welcome (school website)Clubs (school website)

Source: The school's own website

Results

In 2026, pupils at Langley Park School for Girls averaged an Attainment 8 score of 56.2, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 52.8 in Bromley and 47 across England.

68% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 56% in Bromley and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 55.8.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.4: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 44.1, against 57.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 13.3 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Geography.

Getting a place at Langley Park School for Girls

For September 2026 entry, 348 families put Langley Park School for Girls as their first choice and 964 named it as one of their preferences, for 249 places offered. That is 1.4 first choices for every place. 117 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Admissions history and your chances at Langley Park School for Girls

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state secondary schools to Langley Park School for Girls are Langley Park School for Boys (0.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 52.7); Harris Academy Beckenham (0.9 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 54.5); Orchard Park High School (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 50.5); and Orion Eden Park (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 48.9).

Langley Park School for Girls's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Langley Park School for BoysHarris Academy BeckenhamOrchard Park High SchoolOrion Eden Park

The trust

Langley Park School for Girls is one of 8 schools run by Impact Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 53.8 in 2024/25.

All 8 schools in Impact Multi Academy Trust

Where pupils go next

Of the 236 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 93% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 14% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 245 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 72% went on to university or other higher education, 2% to apprenticeships and 16% into work. 24% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

Who goes there

9.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 10.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (47%), Mixed (17%) and Black (15%).

In 2026, 215 pupils (12.5%) received SEN support and 46 (2.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Eden Park Rail Station, about 630 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

The area around the school

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Langley Park School for Girls stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 7th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

Suspensions and exclusions

In 2024/25, Langley Park School for Girls issued 63 suspensions, 3.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

Primary schools nearby

The primary schools closest to Langley Park School for Girls are Langley Park Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Unicorn Primary School (0.3 miles), Oak Lodge Primary School (0.6 miles) and Harris Primary Academy Beckenham (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.

Langley Park Primary SchoolUnicorn Primary SchoolOak Lodge Primary SchoolHarris Primary Academy Beckenham

Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; DfE destination measures; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics

Location

Likely (~458m)Possible (~655m)Unlikely (~852m)

Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mr Stephen Whittle
Pupils:1,714
LA:Bromley
Phone:02086395200
Address:Hawksbrook Lane, South Eden Park Road, Beckenham, BR3 3BE
Trust:IMPACT MULTI ACADEMY TRUST (8 schools)
Admissions:Non-selective
Status:open
Opened:1 August 2011

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 4 years ago
Good

Overall

Good

Quality of Education

Outstanding

Behaviour & Attitudes

Good

Personal Development

Good

Leadership & Management

Outstanding

Sixth Form

Inspected 16 November 2022View full report
URN:137006
UKPRN:10034506
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:Beckenham and Penge
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

Ofsted rated this school Good at its November 2022 inspection.

Rated Outstanding for

Behaviour & attitudes, Sixth form.

Rated Good for

Quality of education, Personal development, Leadership & management.

About

Langley Park School for Girls is a girls' secondary academy school in Beckenham in the London Borough of Bromley, England, with a mixed-sex sixth form.

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At a Glance

9.5%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

Yes

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

Secondary Performance (GCSE)

Academic year 2025/26

GCSE Results

2023
2024
2025
2026
Attainment 8 GCSE Eng+Maths

2025/26 academic year

Progress 8 has declined from 0.69 to 0.40 (2023 to 2024). Attainment 8 has declined from 59.1 to 56.2 (2023 to 2026). GCSE English & Maths 5+ has declined from 72% to 68% (2023 to 2026).

Performance by Group

GroupProgress 8Attainment 8Eng+Maths 5+
All pupils-56.267.9%
Disadvantaged(22)-44.150%
Not known to be disadvantaged(215)-57.469.8%
Girls(237)-56.267.9%
Show more breakdowns (2)
Known or believed to be other than English(18)-57.766.7%
Non mobile(232)-56.568.5%

2025/26 academic year - DfE performance tables data

GCSE Subjects Offered

English Literature472
English Language472
Mathematics472
Combined Science374
History230
Geography222
Social Studies220
Spanish198
Art and Design148
French122
Biology92
Chemistry90
Physics90
German86
Dance80
Food Preparation and Nutrition78
Health Studies60
Physical Education58
Multimedia50
Computer Science50

+ 3 more subjects

2025/26 academic year - entries by number of pupils

After GCSEs - Leaver Destinations

After GCSEs (Year 11) - 236 students

Continued education93%
Further education14%
Apprenticeships3%
Employment1%
Not in education/employment3%

2023/24 data

Exclusions & Suspensions

0

Permanent exclusions

0.00%

Exclusion rate

63

Suspensions

3.69%

Suspension rate

34 pupils received one or more suspensions out of 1,707 pupils

2024/25 academic year

How Does This School Compare?

Ranked against 5 nearby secondary schools

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Nurseries

The nearest nurseries and pre-schools to Langley Park School for Girls, with their latest published grades:

  • Fennies Langley Park - Day nursery, 0.5 miles
    Ofsted, 1 August 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Happy Days Kindergarten - Pre-school, 0.5 miles
  • Funshine(Eden Park) Ltd - Day nursery, 0.6 miles
    Ofsted, 10 March 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • St Peters Pre-school - Pre-school, 0.6 miles
    Ofsted, 20 October 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • St Francis Pre-School - Pre-school, 0.7 miles
    Ofsted, 13 September 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Term dates

Langley Park School for Girls is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Bromley's term dates for its community schools.

Getting There

Train Stations

Eden Park Rail Station
626m · 10 min walk
Eden Park Station (Entrance)
644m · 10 min walk
West Wickham Rail Station
814m · 13 min walk

Bus Stops

Langley Park School (Stop E)
419m · 7 min walk
Upper Elmers End Road (Stop H)
426m · 7 min walk
Elderslie Close (Stop D)
430m · 7 min walk
Links Way Eden Park (Stop J)
471m · 8 min walk
Bushey Way (->NW)
481m · 8 min walk

Free school transport

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Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
19
Fatal
0
Serious
3
Children hurt
4

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 19 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 16 slight.

4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot, 2 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.

3 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.

The typical figure for schools in Bromley is 19 (the median across 119 schools, same distance and years).

Serious and slight are DfT estimates (severity adjustment). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Your chances of a place at Langley Park School for Girls

Will you get a place at Langley Park School for Girls?

For 2026 entry it had 348 first choices for 249 places. The report sets your home postcode against these figures.

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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

104%

Over capacity

1,707 pupils

1,642 places

65 pupils over capacity in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Across Bromley council

Low demand council-wide0.91 applications per place

Places available

4,001

Applications

3,651

Got 1st preference

66.3%

Got preferred school

93.0%

All secondary applications across Bromley council (2026/27), not just this school.

This school: Oversubscribed

Future places in the local planning area

DfE estimates the Bromley Secondary Planning Area 1: West planning area (Bromley) will have 908 spare secondary places in 2027/28.

Source: Department for Education, School capacity: Academic year 2024/25 (published 19 March 2026), estimates of future school place demand by planning area. Council pupil forecasts against reported places, counting places councils and DfE plan to add or remove; rounded to whole places. Explore Education Statistics

Inspection History(4)

16 November 2022
Quality of EducationGood
Behaviour & AttitudesOutstanding
Personal DevelopmentGood
Leadership & ManagementGood
Sixth FormOutstanding
6 October 2021

Ungraded inspection: The school remains Good and may be improving; its next inspection will be a full graded one.

20 September 2016

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

215

SEN Support

46

EHC Plans

15.2%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

No specialist provision recorded

Pupils by Need Type

Specific Learning Difficulty90
Social, Emotional & Mental Health66
Autistic Spectrum Disorder35
Speech, Language & Communication27
Other9
Hearing Impairment6
Visual Impairment6
Physical Disability4
Moderate Learning Difficulty2
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
46.7%
Asian
8.8%
Black
15.1%
Mixed
17.0%
Chinese
1.6%
Other
1.9%
Unclassified
0.9%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals9.5%
English as Additional Language10.2%

1,714

Total Pupils

74

Boys

1,640

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

108

Teachers

15.9:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£56,220

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£6,800

Per pupil

£8813k

Total funding

£123k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£312,455
EAL funding£39,743
Lump sum£157,194

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

7.2%

Overall absence

17.6%

Persistent absence

1,270

Enrolments

Authorised4.7%
Unauthorised2.6%
Persistent (10%+)17.6%
Severe (50%+)2.7%

Absence trend

4.8%
18/19
3.8%
20/21
7.3%
21/22
6.5%
22/23
7.2%
23/24
7.2%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

Questions parents ask about Langley Park School for Girls

What are GCSE results like at Langley Park School for Girls?

In the 2026 results, pupils at Langley Park School for Girls achieved an Attainment 8 score of 56.2. 68% passed GCSE English and maths at grade 5 or above.

What is Langley Park School for Girls's Ofsted rating?

Langley Park School for Girls was rated Good at its most recent Ofsted inspection in November 2022.

Is it hard to get a place at Langley Park School for Girls?

Langley Park School for Girls was full in 2025, at 104% of its 1642 places.

How big are the classes at Langley Park School for Girls?

Classes at Langley Park School for Girls average 22.1 pupils (2025/26).

How many pupils go to Langley Park School for Girls?

Langley Park School for Girls has around 1714 pupils on roll. 10% are eligible for free school meals.

What is attendance like at Langley Park School for Girls?

7.2% of sessions were missed at Langley Park School for Girls in 2024/25. 17.6% of pupils were persistently absent.

How many road collisions happen near Langley Park School for Girls?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 19 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 16 slight. 4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot, 2 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 3 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Bromley is 19 (the median across 119 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Langley Park School for Girls?

Langley Park School for Girls is at Hawksbrook Lane, South Eden Park Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 3BE.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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