Orion Coopers, Chislehurst

In 2026, pupils at Orion Coopers averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 52.8 in Bromley and 47 across England.

46% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 56% in Bromley and 47% in England.

That is down from 48.5 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.38: pupils made below 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 31.5, against 50.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 19.4 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and History.

For September 2026 entry, 107 families put Orion Coopers as their first choice and 572 named it as one of their preferences, for 252 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Orion Coopers are Chislehurst School for Girls (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 49.6); Bullers Wood School (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 56.1); Bullers Wood School for Boys (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.6); and Kemnal Technology College (1.6 miles, Inadequate, Attainment 8 30.6).

Orion Coopers's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Orion Coopers is one of 8 schools run by Orion Education, an academy trust.

Of the 231 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 86% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 35% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 0% into work.

Of the 75 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 47% went on to university or other higher education, 7% to apprenticeships and 17% into work. 4% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

10.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (61%), Black (10%) and Mixed (10%).

In 2026, 147 pupils (11%) received SEN support and 39 (2.9%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Chislehurst Station, about 1110 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Orion Coopers stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 75 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Bromley (188).

In 2024/25, Orion Coopers issued 195 suspensions, 14.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Orion Coopers are St Nicholas Church of England Primary (0.2 miles), St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School (0.6 miles), Orion Mead Road (0.8 miles) and Red Hill Primary School (1 mile). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.