Orion Scotts Park, Bromley

Ofsted's report card from its 30 June 2026 inspection grades Orion Scotts 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. "A culture of belonging underpins the school's approach to improving attendance."

Early years - Strong standard. "Children settle quickly and begin learning from their first days in the early years."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders, including those responsible for governance, are aligned in their intention to provide pupils with a high-quality education."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Across the curriculum, pupils remember what they have been taught in the long term, with increasing confidence in using subject-specific vocabulary."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have a secure and accurate understanding of the quality of the curriculum, and they have identified appropriate priorities to bring about further improvement."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "This is an inclusive school where every pupil is valued for who they are."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have established a broad enrichment programme, which is underpinned by a commitment to equity and inclusion."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should embed recently introduced initiatives so that they are implemented consistently and improve pupils' learning".

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils at Orion Scotts Park reached the expected standard in reading and 73% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 81% and 79% in Bromley and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 76% in reading and 85% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 28 families put Orion Scotts Park as their first choice and 117 named it as one of their preferences, for 31 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 primary schools to Orion Scotts Park are St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles, Good, 77% reading, 81% maths); St George's, Bickley, Church of England Primary School (0.6 miles, Outstanding, 81% reading, 79% maths); La Fontaine Academy (0.6 miles, Outstanding, 93% reading, 95% maths); and Bickley Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 82% reading, 84% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Orion Scotts Park.

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

12.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Sundridge Park Station, about 690 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Scotts Park School, 100 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Orion Scotts Park 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 455 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, violence and sexual offences and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Bromley (188), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Orion Scotts Park issued 2 suspensions, 0.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Orion Scotts Park are Bullers Wood School for Boys (0.6 miles), Bullers Wood School (0.8 miles) and Orion Ravensbourne (1.2 miles).