Overall Oxbridge
#463
3 ranked schools · +451 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
170
Offers
50
Offer rate29.4%
+7.0 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
Inter-war semi-detached avenues and Edwardian terraces fan out from a compact town centre in Orpington, one of thirty-five major centres in the London Plan, on the southeastern edge of Greater London in the London Borough of Bromley. Around 90,000 people live across the area today.
Crofton has long been among Orpington's most school-competitive corners, drawing families who prioritise state secondary options, while Chelsfield to the south retains a village character that makes it one of the borough's sought-after pockets for primary catchments. Petts Wood, developed largely in the 1920s and 1930s after the arrival of the railway, extends the residential belt northward across the borough. Southeastern trains from Orpington station reach London Bridge in around twenty minutes on the Sevenoaks line.
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Area Performance
Across 32 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 8.12/10, +0.71 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
Distribution across all Orpington schools
Orpington vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Orpington schools
top 37% of 14,978
top 37% of 14,978
top 18% of 3,862
top 18% of 3,862
top 21% of 2,555
top 21% of 2,555
Overall Oxbridge
3 ranked schools · +451 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
170
Offers
50
Oxford
3 ranked schools · +84 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198
Applications
78
Offers
17
Cambridge
3 ranked schools · +361 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
92
Offers
33
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Local directory
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