Newstead Wood School
Avebury Road, Orpington, BR6 9SA
1,347 pupils · 141% of 955 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Admissions
- Selective
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Local authority
- Bromley
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 5.6%
Ofsted
Outstanding (2022) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 2 February 2022, published 17 March 2022. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 82.8 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 100% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 100% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 74.4% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Oversubscribed — 1.69 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 190 | 322 | 636 | 190 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 177 | 296 | 580 | 177 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 178 | 338 | 619 | 178 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 178 | 300 | 585 | 178 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 168 | 337 | 620 | 168 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 176 | 358 | 745 | 176 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 175 | 280 | 549 | 175 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 158 | 311 | 631 | 158 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Darrick Wood School 0.7 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School 2.1 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Bishop Justus CofE School 2.6 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Ravens Wood School 2.7 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Harris Academy Orpington 3 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Hayes School 3.9 km · Outstanding (2022) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.