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Newstead Wood School

Orpington · Girls only · ages 11 to 18

Official record: Get Information About Schools (URN 136551)

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Overview

Address
Avebury Road, Orpington, Kent, BR6 9SA
Status
Open
Admits
Girls only
Age range
11 to 18
Number of pupils
1,347
Capacity
955
Eligible for free school meals
5.6%
Sixth form
Yes
School type
Academy converter
Religious character
None
Trust
UNITED LEARNING TRUST
Local authority
Bromley

Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Desk research (cited public sources) (get-information-schools.service.gov.uk), last checked 31 October 2026

Admissions and the 11+

Admissions policy
Selective (grammar school)
Selection in this area
Partially selective area8% of Year 7 places offered in Bromley for September 2026 were at selective schools (DfE applications and offers). We class an area as fully selective at 25% or more. Confirm with the local authority's admissions guide.
Entrance test
Not yet available
Qualifying score
Not yet available
Catchment area
9-mile limit (straight line from home address grid reference). Places within it go in test rank order after LAC and Pupil/Service Premium priority.
Children from outside the catchment
No: Girls outside the catchment may sit the test, but the FAQ (2025-26) says no places have historically been offered beyond the 9-mile limit.

Past offers: lowest score and furthest distance

Lowest test score and last distance offered by intake
IntakeApplicant groupLowest score offeredLast distance offeredSource
Sept 2026Allcut-off score on National Offer Day 2026 per school selection-test page225–newsteadwood.co.uksecondary source

From published allocation data found in desk research (checked 1 November 2026); not yet confirmed with the school. Scores from different tests or years are not comparable, and a past cut-off does not guarantee a future place.

Applications and offers for Year 7

For September 2026 entry, 636 applicants named this school (322 as their first choice) for 190 places. 81 of 190 offers went to children living outside Bromley.

Applications and offers by September intake
IntakePlaces offeredApplicantsFirst choiceFirst choices per placeOffers to children outside Bromley
Sept 20261906363221.781
Sept 20251775802961.771
Sept 20241786193381.975
Sept 20231785853001.766
Sept 20221686203372.081
Show all 13 years
Earlier intakes
IntakePlaces offeredApplicantsFirst choiceFirst choices per placeOffers to children outside Bromley
Sept 20211767453582.077
Sept 20201755492801.653
Sept 20191586313112.071
Sept 20181616333172.070
Sept 20171606083041.980
Sept 20161595562811.867
Sept 20151616123332.176
Sept 20141665823422.162

"Applicants" counts every family that listed the school as any preference, so it is higher than the number competing for each place. "Outside Bromley" means a home in another local authority; it is not the school's catchment area. For grammar schools, offers also depend on the entrance test result.

Source: Secondary and primary school applications and offers (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026

Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Admissions research (cited public sources) (newsteadwood.co.uk, newsteadwood.co.uk), last checked 1 November 2026

Key dates

Test registration
Not yet available
Test date
Not yet available
Results sent to families
Not yet available
Apply to your council (September 2027 entry)
By 31 October 2026This date has passed: late applications go to your council and are usually considered after on-time ones.
National offer day
1 March 2027Offers are sent on 1 March, or the next working day.
Open days
Not yet available
School opened (current registration)
1 April 2011

Statutory dates: School Admissions Code (Department for Education).

Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026

Ofsted inspection

Inspected on 28 April 2026. Read the report ↗

Achievement
Exceptional
Attendance and behaviour
Exceptional
Inclusion
Exceptional
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard
Post-16 provision
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Safeguarding
Met

From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives an overall grade for state schools.

Inspection history (5)
  • 28 April 2026: School inspection · report
  • 2 February 2022: School inspection · report
  • 9 October 2018: Monitoring visit · report
  • 8 May 2014: Full inspection · report
  • 14 February 2012: Academy conversion letter · report

Source: Ofsted inspection reports, last checked 31 October 2026

Exam results

GCSE results 2025/26 (provisional)

GCSE results compared with national averages
MeasureThis schoolSelective schools in EnglandAll state schools in England
Attainment 8Average grade across 8 GCSE-level subjects, doubled for English and maths (maximum 90).79.572.146.2
Grade 5 or above in English and maths98.2%93.7%46.3%
Grade 7 or above in English and maths84.5%57.7%14.2%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths99.4%98.3%64.8%
Progress 8Not published for most schools in recent years, because primary school tests were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.–––

Attainment 8 over time: 80.2 (2023/24) → 82.8 (2024/25) → 79.5 (2025/26).

168 pupils took GCSEs. Results reflect a selective intake: compare grammar schools with each other rather than with all schools.

Source: Key stage 4 performance (GCSE results) (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026

How to get there

Postcode
BR6 9SA
Map location
51.36706, 0.07397
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Telephone
01689853626

Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026

School website
www.newsteadwood.co.uk
Official register record
Get Information About Schools (URN 136551) ↗
Admissions policy document
Not yet available
Further reading
Wikipedia ↗

Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026