Ravens Wood School, Bromley

From the headteacher's welcome: "Our School aspires to provide each and every student with an exemplary education. We achieve this goal by carefully crafting a student-centred approach where individual needs are matched with a broad, ambitious and exciting curriculum of awe and wonder."

In 2026, pupils at Ravens Wood School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 50.8, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 52.8 in Bromley and 47 across England.

55% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 56% in Bromley and 47% in England.

That is up from 48.1 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.13: 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 41.4, against 51.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 25 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 193 families put Ravens Wood School as their first choice and 828 named it as one of their preferences, for 228 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 44 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Ravens Wood School are Hayes School (0.8 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 56.2); Bishop Justus CofE School (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.8); Darrick Wood School (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51.3); and Newstead Wood School (1.7 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 79.5).

Ravens Wood School's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Ravens Wood School is one of 8 schools run by Impact Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 53.8 in 2024/25.

Of the 237 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 87% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 22% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

Of the 235 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 46% went on to university or other higher education, 8% to apprenticeships and 28% into work. 19% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

11.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 7.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (68%), Mixed (11%) and Black (9%).

In 2026, 387 pupils (24.2%) received SEN support and 61 (3.8%) 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 Hayes (Kent), about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Al-Emaan Centre / Keston Mosque, 220 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Ravens Wood School 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 63 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and other theft. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Bromley (188).

In 2024/25, Ravens Wood School issued 58 suspensions, 3.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Ravens Wood School are Keston Church of England Primary School (0.6 miles), Hayes Primary School (0.8 miles), Trinity Church of England Primary School (0.9 miles) and Wickham Common Primary School (1.1 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.