Orion Ravensbourne, Bromley

In 2025, pupils at Orion Ravensbourne averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 51.8 in Bromley and 46.8 across England.

41% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 55% in Bromley and 46% in England.

That is down from 48.4 in 2024.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.11: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2025.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 33.9, against 52.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 18.5 points.

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

For September 2026 entry, 189 families put Orion Ravensbourne as their first choice and 1221 named it as one of their preferences, for 239 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places, so in 2026 a family who put it first could expect an offer unless the school's other criteria ruled them out.

Demand has been fairly steady: 174 first choices in 2021, against 189 in 2026.

23% of applications came from families living in another council area.

Across Bromley, 66% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 93% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2025, families in Bromley lodged 128 appeals against secondary school offers; 103 reached a hearing and 10 succeeded (9.7% of those heard).

The nearest other state secondary schools to Orion Ravensbourne are Bullers Wood School for Boys (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 49); Bishop Justus CofE School (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 37.8); Hayes School (1.4 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 54.8); and Bullers Wood School (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 56.3).

Orion Ravensbourne's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

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

Of the 198 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2022/23, 83% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 29% to a further education college, 5% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 210 students who left the sixth form in 2022/23, 45% went on to university or other higher education, 7% to apprenticeships and 28% into work. 10% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

26.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (the average state school: 24.5%), and 15.2% speak English as an additional language (average: 18.5%), according to the 2025 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (40%), Black (21%) and Mixed (13%).

In 2025, 174 pupils (11.4%) received SEN support and 33 (2.2%) had an education, health and care plan, against 15.6% and 3.9% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Orion Ravensbourne employed 86 teachers in 2024, roughly one for every 18 pupils. Their average salary was £54,011.

Its 2026 funding allocation works out at £7,844 per pupil (£9.2 million in total), including £388,075 of pupil premium for disadvantaged pupils.

The nearest railway station is Bromley South Rail Station, about 700 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hayes Road / Hayes Lane, 280 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Orion Ravensbourne stands in is among the 40% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2023/24, Orion Ravensbourne issued 41 suspensions, 2.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 2.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Orion Ravensbourne are Raglan Primary School (0.5 miles), St Mark's Church of England Primary School (0.5 miles), Bickley Primary School (0.7 miles) and La Fontaine Academy (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.