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Boys selective secondary school in Orpington, Bromley

St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School

Goddington Lane, Orpington, Kent, BR6 9SH

Selective Sixth form Church of England Boys Full
School website 01689820101

Ofsted

Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 5 November 2024.

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

83.6 England 47

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

Grade 5+ in English & maths

100% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

100% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

8.2 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

94% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the top 5% of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is least disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the top 10%.

Progress 8 2023/24

1.27confidence interval 1.00 to 1.54

Taking that range into account, pupils made more progress than similar pupils nationally. DfE bands this as well above 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
A
Average points per entry
50.3

England average 32.3

A level students
225

Pupils

Pupils on roll
1084
Places
838
How full
Full — 1084 pupils against 838 places
Girls / boys
154 / 930
Overall absence
4%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
4%

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

Free school meals, last 6 years
5%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
46%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
0%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
5%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
100%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
100%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
0%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
98%
No sustained destination
0%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
125

After sixth form

Went to university
83%

England 50%

In education, work or training
93%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
4%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
229

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went to a top third university

85% England 20.9%

The third of higher education providers whose entrants hold the highest average entry qualifications. It is the closest thing in the public data to "did they get into a competitive university", and it separates schools far more sharply than the headline progression rate does.

Went on to a degree
96%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort
225

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. 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 035E, 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
43%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
13%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
94%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
2%

England 17%

Households with no car
11%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
45%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–18
Gender
Boys
Admissions
Selective (entrance test)
Religious character
Church of England
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Headteacher
Head Teacher: Andrew Rees
Local authority
Bromley
Ward
Orpington
Constituency
Orpington
URN
101676

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
Harris Academy OrpingtonAcademy sponsor led Good 2023 42.7 0.8 mi
Newstead Wood SchoolAcademy converter Outstanding 2022 82.8 1.3 mi
Darrick Wood SchoolAcademy converter Good 2024 51.5 1.7 mi
Bishop Justus CofE SchoolAcademy converter No grade 37.8 2.8 mi
Bromley High School GDSTOther independent school No grade 2.8 mi
Ravens Wood SchoolAcademy converter Good 2023 48.1 3 mi
Orion CoopersAcademy converter Good 2023 48.5 3.1 mi
Kemnal Technology CollegeAcademy converter No grade 29.3 3.2 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
Ermysted's Grammar SchoolVoluntary aided school Good 2022 67.3
Chelmsford County High School for GirlsAcademy converter Outstanding 2024 80.7
Nonsuch High School for GirlsAcademy converter No grade 80.5
Cranbrook SchoolAcademy converter Good 2022 66.9
St Bernard's Catholic Grammar SchoolVoluntary aided school Outstanding 2023 77.3
Ripon Grammar SchoolCommunity school Good 2023 70.9
Royal Latin SchoolAcademy converter Good 2022 73.5
Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar SchoolAcademy converter Inadequate 2022 73.3

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.

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