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Langley Park School for Boys

Secondary · Academy converter · Boys · Bromley

South Eden Park Road, Beckenham, BR3 3BP

Website 02086394700

80

headline score

Ranking (England)

—

No ranked results

Ofsted

Improved significantly

No graded inspection

Application demand

60%

1st preference success · Oversubscribed

Attendance

94.4%

13.2% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

1,823

Capacity used

Over capacity

109%

1,676 places

GCSE rank (England)

—

KS2 rank (England)

—

Application demand

Secondary entry · official council applications and offers

Oversubscribed

60%

1st preference success rate

185 of 306 families who put it first got an offer

198

Places offered

908

Total applications

4.6

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)ApplicationsOffersSuccess
1st preference306185● 60%
2nd preference1948● 4%
3rd preference1702● 1%
Later preferences (4th–6th)2383● 1%
Total90819822%

1st preference success by year

75%
2020
67%
2021
69%
2022
70%
2023
67%
2024
60%
2025

Bromley lets families list 6 preferences. 206 applications came from outside the council area (19 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.

Details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Age range
11–18
Gender
Boys
Religious character
None
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Sixth form
Yes
Boarding
No boarders
Headteacher
Suzanne Munday
Address
South Eden Park Road, Beckenham, BR3 3BP
Phone
02086394700
Local authority
Bromley
Ward / constituency
Kelsey & Eden Park · Beckenham and Penge
Area
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
136586

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals8%——
English as additional language5%——
SEN support18%——
86% boys (1569)14% girls (254)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

Academy trust: IMPACT MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

1,823 pupils · 1,676 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 24

    27 November 2024

    Ungraded inspection

    Improved significantly
View all Ofsted reports

Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 1,165 pupils

Attendance

94.4%

Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%

Overall absence

5.6%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%

Persistent absence

13.2%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%

Severe absence

1.1%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

1.0%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

7%
20/21
12%
21/22
13%
22/23
11%
23/24
13%
24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

GCSE results

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Attainment 8 score56.0——
Progress 8 score0.40—0.00
Grade 5+ in English & maths70%——
Grade 4+ in English & maths83%——
EBacc average point score5.16——

Progress 8 band

Well below
5% of schools
Below
26% of schools
Average
43% of schools
Above
21% of schools
Well above
5% of schools

A-level results

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Average points per entry36.33——

Average grade: B- (England B-)

GCSE results over time

48.9201956.5202254.8202356202454.42025

Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Attainment 854.446
Grade 5+ English & maths59.8%46%
Grade 4+ English & maths82.6%65%
Entering EBacc60.7%40%
EBacc average point score5.014.1
Pupils in cohort224—

How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)

Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.

Disadvantaged pupils
-0.30
Other pupils
+0.50
Low prior attainers
+0.07
Middle prior attainers
+0.51
High prior attainers
+0.37
Boys
+0.40

A-level results over time

33201940.74202232.77202336.33202435.912025

Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Average points per entry35.9135
Average gradeB-—
AAB or better (2 facilitating)14.1%17%
A-level students316—

Results by subject

Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.

GCSE

Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.

SubjectEntriesGrade 7+Grade 5+Grade 4+
Mathematics22234%65%89%
English Language22222%61%81%
English Literature22128%73%86%
Combined Science17213%51%66%
History11032%65%75%
Geography10348%84%89%
Physical Education8438%68%79%
German7523%71%93%
Art and Design7520%68%77%
French6658%89%92%
Media / Film / TV6630%62%77%
Computer Science6526%68%86%

A level

SubjectEntriesA*A*–AA*–B
Mathematics10811%37%64%
Economics666%23%65%
Biology575%32%58%
Geography538%28%60%
Psychology524%12%37%
Media / Film / TV Studies452%20%58%
Sociology449%25%57%
Film Studies432%5%44%
Computer Science432%21%40%
History410%20%61%
Business Studies390%18%51%
English Literature398%18%49%

Oxbridge

32020<32021<32022<32023≤5202402025

Cambridge offers by year

No Cambridge offers this year

UCAS apply centre 11238: Langley Park School for Boys

Cambridge admissions12025
Applications10
Offers0
Success rate0%
Accepted offers0

1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).

2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.

Where students go next

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Higher education (university)74%——
Apprenticeships5%——
Any education or training76%——

Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.

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Key application dates

National deadlines in England. Apply through Bromley council, not the school.

EntryDeadlineOffer day
Year 7 (secondary)31 October1 March (or next working day)

Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.

Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.