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Secondary school in Beckenham, Bromley

Orion Eden Park

Balmoral Avenue, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 3RD

Sixth form
School website 02039483864

Ofsted

Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 3 March 2026.

Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

45.5 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

48% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

69% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

4.1 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

35% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is around the middle of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is middle, which is where this one sits, it is in the better-performing half.

Progress 8 2023/24

-0.56confidence interval -0.74 to -0.37

Taking that range into account, pupils made less progress than similar pupils nationally. DfE bands this as well below average.

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry
C+
Average points per entry
33

England average 32.3

A level students
44

Pupils

Pupils on roll
1148
Places
1680
How full
68% full — 1148 of 1680 places taken, so places are likely to be available
Girls / boys
493 / 655
Overall absence
9%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
27%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
33%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
12%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
4%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
10%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
92%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
89%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
2%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
55%
No sustained destination
5%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
171

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Bromley 041D, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
40%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
15%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
77%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
4%

England 17%

Households with no car
20%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
33%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Free schools
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–19
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
None
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
ORION EDUCATION
Headteacher
Headteacher: Mark Ridley
Local authority
Bromley
Ward
Kelsey & Eden Park
Constituency
Beckenham and Penge
URN
144465

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
Harris Academy BeckenhamAcademy sponsor led Outstanding 2023 51.6 0.7 mi
Orchard Park High SchoolAcademy sponsor led Good 2024 44.8 0.7 mi
Langley Park School for BoysAcademy converter No grade 54.4 0.9 mi
Oasis Academy ArenaAcademy sponsor led No grade 37.6 1 mi
Langley Park School for GirlsAcademy converter Good 2022 55.8 1 mi
Oasis Academy Shirley ParkAcademy sponsor led No grade 42.6 1.3 mi
Harris Girls Academy BromleyAcademy converter Outstanding 2024 58.3 1.5 mi
Trinity SchoolOther independent school No grade 1.6 mi

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Bede AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2024 48.9
Carshalton High School for GirlsAcademy converter Good 2023 52.4
Hilbre High SchoolAcademy converter No grade 39
Dormers Wells High SchoolAcademy converter No grade 49.1
St James' Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school Good 2022 51.4
The Thetford AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 42.4
Lampton AcademyAcademy converter Outstanding 2024 52.5
Longdean SchoolAcademy converter No grade 42.4

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

All published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. If something here looks wrong, the school's own website is the authority on admissions and open days.