“schools in Bromley”

Avalon Road, Orpington, Kent, BR6 9BD · Part of London South East Academies Trust

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 Bromley Beacon Academy is part of the Bromley hub of four schools, including a primary and secondary pupil referral unit (PRU). The school is also part of the London South East Academies Trust.  Governance of Bromley Beacon Academy is delegated to a local governing body, which is held to account by a board of trustees. Several governors are also trustees.  The school opened in February 2016. There are two sites. The Orpington site provides an education for pupils in key stages 2 and 3, aged from seven to 14. The Bromley site provides an education for pupils in key stages 4 and 5 (Years 9 to 13).  All pupils attending the two sites have an education, health and care plan. All pupils have social, emotional and mental health needs.  The school is led by an executive headteacher, who is supported by two heads of school, one on each site.  All pupils are on long-term placements on a full-time basis.

St George's Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 5JG · Part of Harris Federation

Background

This is first section 8 inspection since we judged the predecessor school, Bromley Road Primary School, to be good in January 2015.

St George's Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 5JG · Part of Harris Federation

Existing academy: Harris Primary Academy Beckenham Green URN: 144287 Predecessor school: Bromley Road Primary School URN: 101588

110 Slades Drive, Chislehurst, BR7 6FG

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 About three quarters of pupils have a White British background. Very few pupils are at an early stage of speaking English as an additional language.  Pupils have access to a range of on-site nursing and therapy services.  Wood Lodge is a small off-site residential facility that small groups of older pupils use for short periods in order to develop their self-help skills and to experience community living. The school manages this resource, but it is also used by other Bromley schools and colleges.  The school shares a site with Coopers Technology College, an academy that a small minority of pupils in Years 7 to 14 attend for some lessons. Older pupils also attend Bromley College.  As Marjorie McClure is recognised as a specialist school for physical development, staff work with five partner schools to develop their skills in supporting pupils with physical difficulties.  The headteacher is a local leader of education.

St Paul's Cray, Orpington, Kent, BR5 3HS

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 More than one third of pupils are supported by pupil premium funding. This is additional funding for pupils who are known to be eligible for free school meals and those who are looked after by the local authority. The proportion is above that found nationally.  Twenty Five students aged 16 to 19 are in the sixth form. A few are taught in mixed-age classes, separately from the sixth form, depending on their needs.  The school has partnerships with a number of other schools and organisations, including Sidcup Arts and Adult Education College (Kent), Bromley and Nash Colleges (Kent), Wood Lodge and Ravensbourne School (Bromley).

Rangefield Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 4QX

Inspection of Burnt Ash Primary School, Bromley, BR1 4QX

To make your school even better, we have asked it to do two things.

St Paul's Cray, Orpington, Kent, BR5 3HS

Inspection of Riverside School, Bromley, BR5 3HS

To make your school even better, we have asked your headteacher and teachers to make sure that all of your lessons are as good as the very best. You can help by continuing to try your best.

St Paul's Cray, Orpington, Kent, BR5 3HS

Inspection of Riverside School, Bromley, BR5 3HS

We found that your school has some important strengths. Your behaviour is good and you enjoy coming to school. It is good to know that you are very happy with the way adults look after you and that you feel so safe in school. You have an excellent knowledge of how to lead a healthy lifestyle and enjoy having lots of responsibilities, such as membership of the school council. You work hard in lessons and all the adults who work with you are determined to make sure your school keeps getting better.

Rangefield Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 4QX

Inspection of Burnt Ash Primary School, Bromley, BR1 4QX

You feel safe at school and know how to look after yourselves. A few of you are sometimes worried about bullying and the boisterous activities of older pupils, but you say that adults in school sort out problems when you raise them. Overall your behaviour in lessons and around the school is satisfactory. Over the last year your attendance has improved. Last year it was average and so far this year it is higher. Well done!

41-43 Orchard Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 2PR

Inspection of Breaside Preparatory School, Bromley, BR2 2PR

In order to make your school even better, we have suggested that the school might:

Hawkwood Lane, Chislehurst, Kent, BR7 5PS · Part of Orion Education

Information about this school

schools and is a key partner in the Bromley Schools Collegiate for the teacher training delivered in the borough.

Tintagel Road, Orpington, Kent, BR5 4LG · Part of The Priory Academy Trust

Effectiveness of leadership and management requires improvement

strengths and are aware of those teachers that require further support and development. However, they do not always ensure that whole-school initiatives are consistently implemented across the school. Hence, there is still too much variation across and within subject areas.  The NLE has an astute understanding of the strengths and areas for development of the school. Consequently, the NLE is offering high levels of strategic challenge and support, which is helping the headteacher and other senior leaders to make the necessary changes. Plans are in place to strengthen this support still further.  School leaders work closely with other schools within the Realise Academy Partnership Trust and the Bromley Schools’ Collegiate. This gives them the opportunity to share best practice, and school leaders value these external partners highly.  Leaders monitor the progress, behaviour and attendance of those pupils studying at alternative provision.

Rangefield Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 4QX

Inspection of Burnt Ash Primary School, Bromley, BR1 4QX

We certainly enjoyed our visit to your school. We know that your teachers and their assistants make your school a special place for you. All of you can help by always striving to do your best, behaving well and making your families and the school proud of you.

Hayes, Bromley, Kent, BR2 7DB

Inspection of Hayes School, Bromley BR2 7DB

Thank you for welcoming the inspection team to your school. What an outstanding school! We enjoyed talking to you and finding out about all the things you do. These are the main findings of the inspection team.  Your school is a very special place where everyone is valued and given exceptional care, guidance and support to make good progress and achieve outstanding outcomes. The excellent curriculum contributes well to this. Students in the sixth form make outstanding progress to achieve outstanding outcomes.  You greatly enjoy coming to school, your behaviour is outstanding and your attendance is above average. You say you feel exceptionally safe in school.  You develop excellent skills to prepare you for life after school.  You make excellent contributions to the life of the school and the local community through the various things you undertake, particularly your work in supporting each other and through the media arts and mathematics and information and

Rangefield Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 4QX

Inspection of Burnt Ash Primary School, Bromley, BR1 4QX

Thank you very much for welcoming us to your school. Burnt Ash Primary is a satisfactory school. You make satisfactory progress and leave school with below average attainment in English and mathematics. You enjoy your learning and feel you learn a lot in lessons. We are pleased with the progress you are making in your reading. We judge teaching to be satisfactory because most teachers plan interesting activities and ask good questions to improve your learning, but sometimes lessons do not move along quickly enough for you to achieve well. The headteacher and her team of senior teachers lead the school satisfactorily. They work well together and know what needs improving.

Rangefield Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 4QX

Text from letter to pupils explaining the findings of the inspection

07 October 2008 Dear Pupils Inspection of Burnt Ash Primary School,Bromley,BR1 4QX Thank you for being so helpful and friendly when we visited your school. We really enjoyed meeting you and talking to you. We agree with you and your parents that Burnt Ash is a good school, and we could tell that you enjoy going there. You are doing well in your lessons, because your teachers know what you need and give you work that is right for you. We were impressed with your good behaviour in school and in the playground, and we thought that you all get on together very well. The staff take very good care of you, and those of you who need extra help are well supported. The headteacher and her staff run the school well, and know how to make it even better in future. We have agreed that they are going to make sure that you all get the chance to do as well you possibly can in mathematics, and that you all come to school regularly and on time.

41-43 Orchard Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 2PR

Inspection of Breaside Preparatory School, Bromley, BR2 2PR

Thank you for welcoming the inspection team so warmly when we visited your school recently. We greatly enjoyed meeting you, seeing you learn and talking to you. You go to an outstanding school where adults work very hard to prepare you for the future.

41-43 Orchard Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 2PR

Inspection of Breaside Preparatory School, Bromley, BR2 2PR

You make excellent progress in various subjects and in your personal development. You enjoy school and your attendance is very good. Your teachers and teaching assistants care for you well. We were really impressed by the interest you show in learning and the progress you make in your lessons. This is possible because your teachers know you well as individuals and teach you very well. You are extremely well behaved, get on well with each other and make a good contribution to school life. You feel safe and really understand the importance of eating and drinking healthily and taking exercise.

St Paul's Cray, Orpington, Kent, BR5 3HS

Inspection of Riverside School, Bromley, BR5 3HS

Thank you for the very warm welcome you gave us when we visited your school. We really enjoyed meeting you and particularly appreciate the helpfulness of those pupils who spoke to us, shared their work and explained what they were doing during lessons. Your school is providing you with a good education. This means that there are some things that your school does well and some things it needs to improve.

Magpie Hall Lane, Bromley, Kent, BR2 8HZ · Part of Aquinas Church of England Education Trust Limited

Inspection findings

 Since the last inspection, you have improved the standard of teaching, learning and assessment, particularly for the most able. Leaders and governors continue to raise expectations for outcomes for the most-able pupils, resulting in stronger teaching and learning for this group. Teachers increasingly plan lessons that meet the needs of the most-able pupils more accurately than in the past. The progress made by the most-able pupils is strong in many subjects.  Your evaluation of the school is accurate. You use governors and trust members to check your self-evaluation. They know the school’s strengths in promoting pupils’ personal development, behaviour and welfare, and in maintaining high expectations of the quality of teaching, learning and assessment. Leaders utilise established relationships with the local teacher training provider, the Bromley Schools’ Collegiate, to recruit strong teachers and then develop them through in-