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Balgowan Primary School[1]

Primary · ages 4–11

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Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
KS2 70% 70% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
70% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
21% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score
109 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score
106 2024/25[2]
All results, 2021/22
Not published[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) Reading, average scaled score Maths, average scaled score
2023/24 76%[4] 17%[4] 110[4] 108[4]
2022/23 76%[5] 22%[5] 109[5] 107[5]
2018/19 96%[6] 28%[6] 110[6] 110[6]
2017/18 93%[7] 26%[7] 110[7] 109[7]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
1 Apr 2025[8]
Type
S5 Inspection[8]
Report published
20 May 2025[8]
Personal development
Outstanding[8]
Quality of education
Outstanding[8]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[8]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[8]
Early years provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[8]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[8]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
16 May 2023[9] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[9] No overall grade[9]
28 Nov 2017[10] S5 Inspection[10] Good[10]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place
4.1 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Applications (any preference)
370 Entry Sept 2026[11]
First preferences
101 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Places offered
90 Entry Sept 2026[11]
First preferences per place
1.1 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 329[11] 90[11] 90[11] 3.7[11] 1.0[11]
Entry Sept 2024 347[11] 120[11] 90[11] 3.9[11] 1.3[11]
Entry Sept 2023 343[11] 122[11] 90[11] 3.8[11] 1.4[11]
Entry Sept 2022 378[11] 119[11] 90[11] 4.2[11] 1.3[11]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
4–11[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
654[1]
Trust
NEXUS EDUCATION SCHOOLS TRUST[1]
Local authority
Bromley[1]
Website
http://www.balgowan.bromley.sch.uk/[1]
District
Bromley[12]
Postcode
BR3 4HJ[1]
URN
137216[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
618 2024/25[13]
English as an additional language
20.9% 2024/25[13]
SEN support
11.2% 2024/25[13]
EHC plan
3.4% 2024/25[13]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
5.2% 2024/25[13]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
74.8%[14]
Mixed
10.9%[14]
Asian
7.1%[14]
Black
3.3%[14]
Any other ethnic group
1.1%[14]
Unclassified
2.7%[14]

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: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (2)
    We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
    This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2017/18. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. 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.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.