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Bromley Beacon Academy

Mixed · ages 7–18 · with sixth formBromley, London · Orpington BR6 9BDTrust: London South East Academies TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
186of 168 places
Free school meals
89.7%
Year 11 cohort 2025
21
Ofsted
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, 20 March 2024Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Burwood School (URN 132008, until 17 April 2015).

What the data says

Of the 26 pupils who finished Year 11 at Bromley Beacon Academy in 2023, 0% stayed on in Bromley Beacon Academy’s own sixth form (Bromley average 64%), 12% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 3.6 against 46.1 across England and 50.4 in Bromley, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Bromley and England.

Bromley Beacon Academy
Bromley
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureBromley Beacon AcademyBromleyEngland
Pupils in the cohort263,693607,348
Any sustained destination85%94%92%
Stayed in education85%91%86%
— school sixth form0%64%34%
— sixth form college8%2%13%
— further education college12%22%37%
— other education65%3%2%
Apprenticeship0%2%3%
Employment0%2%3%
No sustained destination4%3%6%
Destination unknown12%2%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureBromley Beacon AcademyBromleyEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)3.650.446.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%54%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%72%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%55%41%
EBacc average point score0.124.614.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort81%21%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils35.434.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils54.350.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language5%12%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics21100%88%0%22%0%
Art and Design419%7%24%
Citizenship Studies210%3%19%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Sports Studies7
Multimedia2

Other secondary schools in Bromley

Bullers Wood School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,555 pupils

93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 56.3

Charles Darwin School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,305 pupils

88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.9

Darrick Wood School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,698 pupils

92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.5

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.