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Inspected Jan 2024 · View report
46.9
Attainment 8
2025-26 (provisional)
2.50 miles
Last offer
2026-27
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September 2026 entry: 151 of 189 who put it first were offered a place; 1221 applied for 240 places.
2.50 miles was the furthest place offered on offer day for 2026-27.
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0.8 first-choice applicants per place
Source · the council's offer figures and DfE admissions statistics, 2026-27
Source · Ofsted · Inspected Jan 2024
Source · DfE school performance tables
Source · DfE key stage 4 destination measures
Total spending per pupil (academy accounts return)
Source · DfE financial benchmarking, 2024-25
Type
Academy
Phase
Secondary
Age Range
11 - 18
Gender
Co-educational
Sixth Form
Yes
Sixth Form Places
432 of 421 (103%)
Headteacher
Mr M Ridley
Sixth Form Places: sixth-form pupils on roll against funded places, from the council's return to the DfE school-capacity survey (SCAP), 2024-25.
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2.50miles
was the furthest place offered on offer day for 2026-27 (Year 7). That is how far the last place reached in ONE year: not a boundary, and not a guarantee.
September 2026 entry: 151 of 189 who put it first were offered a place; 1221 applied for 240 places.
Last distance offered at Orion Ravensbourne, year by year →
Priority order when there are more applications than places, 2027-28 (Year 7):
If two applications tie: If two applicants at different addresses live exactly the same distance away, the tiebreak is by drawing lots.
PAN is inclusive of children with an EHCP naming the school; EHCP admissions occur before the numbered criteria are applied.
Published by the admission authority. A criterion sets the order places are offered in and never guarantees a place.
Ofsted judged Orion Ravensbourne's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in January 2024, on Ofsted's own scale.
Orion Ravensbourne has 1,504 pupils on roll.
In 2025-26 (DfE’s provisional figures), its average Attainment 8 score was 46.9: DfE’s measure of pupils’ results across eight GCSE-level subjects. In 2024-25, A-level students averaged 32.61 points per A-level entry. Trends and the detail behind each figure are on the Results tab.
Orion Ravensbourne admits pupils aged 11 to 18.
Orion Ravensbourne is located in Bromley, BR2 9EH, Bromley.
Orion Ravensbourne is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for secondary places is 31 October.
On offer day for 2026-27 (Year 7), the furthest place offered at Orion Ravensbourne was 2.50 miles from the school. That is the distance the last place reached in one year, not a boundary and not a guarantee — it moves with the number of applicants.
When Orion Ravensbourne has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Children Looked After (CLA) — Children Looked After (CLA) as defined: in the care of a local authority or previously looked after but subject to adoption, child arrangements, or special guardianship order; 2. Pupil Premium Grant — Students entitled to the Pupil Premium Grant (up to 20% of the total places on offer); where exceeding 20%, Proximity criterion applied to select; 3. Sibling — Sibling on roll at the proposed time of entry, as defined (brother, sister, half, step, adopted, or partner's child living at same address), and 3 further criteria. The school offers 240 places at this entry point. Tie-break: If two applicants at different addresses live exactly the same distance away, the tiebreak is by drawing lots.
According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 40% of pupils at Orion Ravensbourne are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.
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