England · Grammar school
St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School
Orpington · Boys only · ages 11 to 18
Official record: Get Information About Schools (URN 101676)
Overview
- Address
- Goddington Lane, Orpington, Kent, BR6 9SH
- Status
- Open
- Admits
- Boys only
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Number of pupils
- 1,084
- Capacity
- 838
- Eligible for free school meals
- 5.6%
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Trust
- Not yet available
- Local authority
- Bromley
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Desk research (cited public sources) (parentview.ofsted.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
- No catchment area. Entry is solely on entrance test performance.
- Children from outside the catchment
- Yes: No catchment applies, so places go by test rank regardless of address.
Applications and offers for Year 7
For September 2026 entry, 473 applicants named this school (257 as their first choice) for 128 places. 79 of 128 offers went to children living outside Bromley.
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Bromley |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 | 128 | 473 | 257 | 2.0 | 79 |
| Sept 2025 | 126 | 475 | 261 | 2.1 | 73 |
| Sept 2024 | 126 | 459 | 248 | 2.0 | 66 |
| Sept 2023 | 128 | 452 | 226 | 1.8 | 66 |
| Sept 2022 | 128 | 442 | 216 | 1.7 | 74 |
Show all 13 years
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Bromley |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2021 | 123 | 838 | 403 | 3.3 | 48 |
| Sept 2020 | 128 | 447 | 239 | 1.9 | 70 |
| Sept 2019 | 128 | 455 | 270 | 2.1 | 73 |
| Sept 2018 | 130 | 441 | 238 | 1.8 | 69 |
| Sept 2017 | 128 | 447 | 262 | 2.0 | 75 |
| Sept 2016 | 128 | 457 | 292 | 2.3 | 75 |
| Sept 2015 | 127 | 392 | 229 | 1.8 | 82 |
| Sept 2014 | 126 | 374 | 234 | 1.9 | 73 |
"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) (saintolaves.net), 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)
- Not yet available
Statutory dates: School Admissions Code (Department for Education).
Source: not yet available
Ofsted inspection
Inspected on 5 November 2024. Read the report ↗
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives an overall grade for state schools.
Inspection history (7)
- 5 November 2024: School inspection · report
- 6 February 2019: Monitoring visit · report
- 6 March 2014: Full inspection, Outstanding · report
- 30 June 2010: Interim assessment · report
- 1 October 2008: Curriculum and development visit · report
- 1 November 2006: Full inspection, Outstanding · report
- 31 January 2002: Full inspection · report
Source: Ofsted inspection reports, last checked 31 October 2026
Exam results
GCSE results 2025/26 (provisional)
| Measure | This school | Selective schools in England | All state schools in England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8Average grade across 8 GCSE-level subjects, doubled for English and maths (maximum 90). | 85 | 72.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 100% | 93.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 7 or above in English and maths | 96.9% | 57.7% | 14.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 100% | 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: 85.8 (2023/24) → 83.6 (2024/25) → 85 (2025/26).
128 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 9SH
- Map location
- 51.36641, 0.10391
- Open in OpenStreetMap
- Directions and surroundings ↗
- Telephone
- 01689820101
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Official links and documents
- School website
- www.saintolaves.net
- Official register record
- Get Information About Schools (URN 101676) ↗
- Admissions policy document
- Not yet available
- Further reading
- Wikipedia ↗
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026