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Ravens Wood School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 51 50.8 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
50.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
55% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
12.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.13 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 48.1[6] 46.2%[6]
2023/24 47.5[4] 48.9%[4] -0.13[4]
2022/23 49.4[7] 55%[7] -0.09[7]
2021/22 55.4[8] 68%[8] +0.03[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
7.5% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C+[10] 10.8%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 8.9%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 10.2%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 6.9%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
97% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
65% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
2% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
23% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[14]
Employment
3% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 96%[15] 78%[15] 10%[15] 2%[15] 3%[15]
2020/21 98%[16] 76%[16] 2%[16] 13%[16] 1%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 97%[17] 65%[17] 2%[17] 24%[17] 2%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 97%[18] 71%[18] 17%[18] 6%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
89% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
52% 2022/23[19]
Education
53% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
9% 2022/23[19]
Employment
27% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 88%[20] 51%[20] 52%[20] 9%[20] 26%[20]
2020/21 90%[21] 58%[21] 60%[21] 6%[21] 25%[21]
2019/20 83%[22] 50%[22] 55%[22] 8%[22] 20%[22]
2018/19 84%[23] 45%[23] 47%[23] 8%[23] 28%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
56% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
14% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
14% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 66%[26] 24%[26]
2019/20 62%[25] 16%[25] 14%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 54%[27] 12%[27] 11%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 56%[28] 14%[28] 13%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
28 Jun 2023[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
19 Sep 2023[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
25 Apr 2018[30] S5 Inspection[30] Good[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.6 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
828 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
193 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
228 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.8 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 813[31] 216[31] 216[31] 3.8[31] 1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2024 802[31] 201[31] 218[31] 3.7[31] 0.9[31]
Entry Sept 2023 897[31] 201[31] 219[31] 4.1[31] 0.9[31]
Entry Sept 2022 851[31] 232[31] 219[31] 3.9[31] 1.1[31]

Admissions

Application deadline, 11+ entry
31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Boys[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1439[1]
Trust
IMPACT MULTI ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority
Bromley[1]
Website
http://www.ravenswood.bromley.sch.uk[1]
District
Bromley[33]
Postcode
BR2 8HP[1]
URN
136517[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1592 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
6.8% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
23.2% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
3.2% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
12.8% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
75.1%[35]
Mixed
10.8%[35]
Asian
4.1%[35]
Black
8.5%[35]
Any other ethnic group
1.3%[35]
Unclassified
0.3%[35]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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    Quote
    13.4 The application deadline for admission to Year 7 in the normal admission round is 31 October 2026. (p. 11)
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