Orion Eden Park, Beckenham

Ofsted's report card from its 3 March 2026 inspection grades Orion Eden Park on 7 areas: 3 strong standard and 4 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders have worked relentlessly to support pupils to come to school every day."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders have brought clarity, ambition and a strong moral purpose to the school following a period of significant turbulence."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders have designed a clear and ambitious programme for pupils' personal development."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Typically, pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make positive progress from their starting points."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have constructed an ambitious, broad and balanced curriculum that reflects the school's context and priorities."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders have created an inclusive culture where pupils' needs are identified with increasing accuracy."

Post 16 provision - Expected standard. "The sixth form is small but growing, and leaders have established a purposeful and aspirational culture."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "The school should embed the consistency of adaptive teaching to further raise the achievement of disadvantaged pupils"; "The school should sustain improvements in attendance, particularly for disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, so that persistent absence continues to reduce"; "Leaders should continue the school's well-targeted work to strengthen the curriculum and how it is taught so that all pupils benefit equally and consistently from well‑sequenced learning and secure foundational knowledge".

In 2026, pupils at Orion Eden Park averaged an Attainment 8 score of 48.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 52.8 in Bromley and 47 across England.

53% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 56% in Bromley and 47% in England.

That is up from 45.5 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.56: pupils made well 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 36.7, against 53.8 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 17.1 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 26 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 66 families put Orion Eden Park as their first choice and 476 named it as one of their preferences, for 229 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 Eden Park are Harris Academy Beckenham (0.7 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 54.5); Orchard Park High School (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.5); Langley Park School for Boys (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 52.7); and Oasis Academy Arena (1 mile, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 39).

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

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

70 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Orion Eden Park (as of April 2026): 70% would recommend the school, 69% say their child is happy there and 56% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (73%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (56%).

Of the 236 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 86% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 33% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 67 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 58% went on to university or other higher education, 8% to apprenticeships and 13% into work.

In 2026, 118 pupils (10.3%) received SEN support and 39 (3.4%) 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 tram or metro stop is Elmers End Tram Stop, about 860 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Abbots Way, 180 metres away.

In 2024/25, Orion Eden Park issued 335 suspensions, 26.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Orion Eden Park are Marian Vian Primary School (0.3 miles), Monks Orchard Primary School (0.5 miles), Harris Primary Academy Beckenham (0.6 miles) and Balgowan Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.