Balgowan Primary School
Balgowan Road, Beckenham, BR3 4HJ
632 pupils · 97% of 654 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Trust
- NEXUS EDUCATION SCHOOLS TRUST
- Local authority
- Bromley
- Free school meals
- 4.3%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
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 1 April 2025, published 20 May 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 70% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 21% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.12 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 90 | 101 | 370 | 90 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 90 | 90 | 329 | 90 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 90 | 120 | 347 | 90 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 90 | 122 | 343 | 90 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 90 | 119 | 378 | 90 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 90 | 106 | 372 | 90 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 90 | 81 | 337 | 90 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 90 | 106 | 354 | 90 |
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
- Churchfields Primary School 0.5 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Harris Primary Academy Beckenham 0.9 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- Alexandra Infant School 1.1 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Harris Primary Academy Kent House 1.1 km · Outstanding — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Harris Primary Academy Beckenham Green 1.2 km · Outstanding (2024) · previous system
- Marian Vian Primary School 1.2 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · 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.