Poverest Primary School, Orpington

In its own words: "We hope it will give you a flavour of life at our school and a sense of what we value. We encourage, inspire and challenge our pupils to ' learn together, grow together and succeed together ' to ensure that every child reaches their full potential and is ready for life beyond our Primary School."

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:15am and after-school care.

Coming up: an open day on Wednesday 18 November 2026 and an open day on Thursday 19 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils at Poverest Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 74% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 81% and 79% in Bromley and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 65% in reading and 63% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 44 families put Poverest Primary School as their first choice and 175 named it as one of their preferences, for 56 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 5 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Poverest Primary School are Leesons Primary School (0.5 miles, Requires improvement, 54% reading, 54% maths); Perry Hall Primary School (0.6 miles, Outstanding, 94% reading, 94% maths); St. Mary Cray Primary Academy (0.6 miles, Good, 63% reading, 47% maths); and St Philomena's Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 96% reading, 93% maths).

Poverest Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Poverest Primary School is one of 2 schools run by Aspiration for All Co-Operative Trust (AFACT), an academy trust.

46 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Poverest Primary School (as of April 2026): 94% would recommend the school, 100% say their child is happy there and 100% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (100%); the weakest, that they are kept well informed about progress (89%).

In 2026, 48 pupils (11.1%) received SEN support and 53 (12.2%) 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 autism.

Poverest Primary School has a resourced provision for autism: 20 places, 26 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is St Mary Cray Rail Station, about 510 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).

18 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Cray Valley Road (->e), 170 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 341 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Bromley (188), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Poverest Primary School issued 2 suspensions, 0.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Poverest Primary School are Harris Academy Orpington (1.3 miles), Kemnal Technology College (1.5 miles) and Orion Coopers (1.6 miles).