Schools in West Wickham
Kent · Bromley · 8 schools
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close in 5 days
Deadline Saturday 31 October 2026. Apply to Bromley (the council where you live). Offers on 1 March.
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Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Bromley (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Schools in West Wickham (8)
- Wickham Common Primary School
Primary · Ages 4-11 · BR4 9DG
Ofsted: Good (2023)KS2: 74% expected (2025) - Wickham Park School
Special · Ages 5-19 · Independent · BR4 9AA
By type:Primary schools in West Wickham (5)Special schools in West Wickham (2)Prep schools in West Wickham (1)
8
5 primary · 0 secondary
2,762
93% capacity used
2
1 outstanding · 1 good
2,966
204 spare places
Ofsted Ratings
Best Schools in West Wickham
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Area Performance (2026)
Attainment 8
8.1
GCSE Eng+Maths
3.6%
School Capacity & Demand
Housing Growth Detected
118 new homes approved nearby. This could generate an estimated +30 primary and +21 secondary pupils.
Source: MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years)
Primary Schools
93% occupied · 158 spare places
Questions parents ask about schools in West Wickham
How many schools are there in West Wickham?
West Wickham has 8 open schools: 5 state primary, 1 independent and 2 special.
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools
Which schools in West Wickham are rated Outstanding?
3 schools in West Wickham were rated Outstanding at their most recent graded Ofsted inspection: Pickhurst Academy, Pickhurst Infant Academy and Glebe School. Counting Good as well, 100% of the 6 graded schools here are rated Good or better. Ofsted stopped giving single-word overall grades in September 2024, so these are the grades from each school's last full inspection.
Pickhurst AcademyPickhurst Infant AcademyGlebe School
Source: Ofsted
Which primary schools in West Wickham have the best SATs results?
Of the 4 primary schools in West Wickham with 2025 Key Stage 2 results, the highest shares of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading and maths were at Oak Lodge Primary School (84% in reading, 86% in maths); Pickhurst Academy (86% in reading, 78% in maths); and Hawes Down Primary School (81% in reading, 76% in maths). Small schools can swing a long way from one year to the next, because each pupil is a large share of the result.
Oak Lodge Primary SchoolPickhurst AcademyHawes Down Primary School
Source: DfE school performance data
Do schools in West Wickham have catchment areas?
Most state schools in West Wickham have no fixed catchment boundary. When a school is oversubscribed, Bromley allocates places on its published criteria - usually looked-after children first, then siblings, then home-to-school distance - so the practical cut-off moves each year. Each school's page here shows an estimate of its catchment radius.
How do I apply for a school place in West Wickham?
Apply to Bromley through its coordinated admissions process, even for academies and faith schools. In England the closing date is 31 October for secondary places and 15 January for primary places, in the year before your child starts. Independent schools run their own admissions, so apply to those directly.