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Newstead Wood School[1]

Grammar · Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 80 79.5 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B+ B+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
79.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
98.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
84.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+1.05 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 82.8[6] 100%[6]
2023/24 80.2[4] 98.1%[4] +1.05[4]
2022/23 81.5[7] 100%[7] +1.13[7]
2021/22 84[8] 100%[8] +1.05[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
37.8% 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 A-[10] 48.4%[10]
2022/23 B+[11] 36%[11]
2021/22 A-[12] 45.7%[12]
2018/19 B[13] 31.3%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
100% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
95% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
1% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
1% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[14]
Employment
0% 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 99%[15] 95%[15] 1%[15] 0%[15] 0%[15] 0%[15]
2020/21 100%[16] 97%[16] 0%[16] 0%[16] 0%[16] 0%[16]
2019/20 99%[17] 96%[17] 0%[17] 1%[17] 1%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 99%[18] 94%[18] 1%[18] 0%[18] 1%[18] 0%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
94% 2022/23[19]
Education
84% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[19]
Employment
9% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 92%[20] 77%[20] 3%[20] 12%[20]
2020/21 92%[21] 82%[21] 2%[21] 8%[21]
2019/20 90%[22] 78%[22] 2%[22] 10%[22]
2018/19 85%[23] 76%[23] 2%[23] 7%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
91% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
67% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
56% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
10% 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 91%[26] 76%[26]
2019/20 95%[25] 69%[25] 56%[25] 10%[25]
2018/19 89%[27] 66%[27] 52%[27] 7%[27]
2017/18 91%[28] 57%[28] 52%[28] 3%[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
2 Feb 2022[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
17 Mar 2022[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Outstanding[29]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
9 Oct 2018[30] Exempt School Inspection[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.3 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
636 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
322 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
190 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.7 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 580[31] 296[31] 177[31] 3.3[31] 1.7[31]
Entry Sept 2024 619[31] 338[31] 178[31] 3.5[31] 1.9[31]
Entry Sept 2023 585[31] 300[31] 178[31] 3.3[31] 1.7[31]
Entry Sept 2022 620[31] 337[31] 168[31] 3.7[31] 2.0[31]

Priority areas

9 mile area
Within 14.5 km (9 miles) Entry Sept 2026[32]

Admissions

Catchment, as the policy words it
any permanent place of residence within a 9-mile radius of the school Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places beyond the catchment
no places have historically been offered to those living beyond the 9-mile limit Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
168 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Test registration closes
30 Jun 2025 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Test registration opens
1 May 2025 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Entrance test
Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning Entry Sept 2026[32]
Entrance test date
27 Sep 2025 Entry Sept 2026[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Girls[1]
Admissions
Selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
955[1]
Trust
UNITED LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority
Bromley[1]
Website
http://www.newsteadwood.co.uk/[1]
District
Bromley[33]
Postcode
BR6 9SA[1]
URN
136551[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1262 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
23.5% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
9.1% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
0.2% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
6.7% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
21.2%[35]
Mixed
11.1%[35]
Asian
51.9%[35]
Black
13.1%[35]
Any other ethnic group
2.2%[35]
Unclassified
0.6%[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.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. 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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  9. Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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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  32. newsteadwood.co.uk: newsteadwood.co.uk — FAQs YEAR 7 ADMISSIONS 2026 (PDF). Period 2026-10-14. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (7)
    The catchment area for the school is any permanent place of residence within a 9 -mile radius of the school. (p. 1)
    no places have historically been offered to those living beyond the 9-mile limit. (p. 2)
    The intake for Year 7 is 168. This is the PAN, or Published Admission Number, for this year group. (p. 2)
    All forms must be completed by midnight on Sunday 30 June 2025. (p. 4)
    Registration will be open from Thursday 1 May 2025 to midnight Monday 30 June 2025. (p. 3)
    The selection test involves Verbal and Non -Verbal Reasoning. (p. 4)
    The selection test will be held on 26/27 September 2025 at the school. (p. 4)
  33. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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