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Bullers Wood School

URN
136709
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Bullers Wood School
URN
136709
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Girls
Age range
11-18
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Excellent

82 / 100

Excellent

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

88

Inspection

80

Admissions Value

72

Destinations

64

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Top 25% of secondary schools in England

Top 25% nationally

#5 of 18 schools in Bromley

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Very Safe
  • National comparison: Lower crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for Bullers Wood School

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Admissions strategy for Bullers Wood School

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
25 April 2024
Inspection date
28 February 2024
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Overall effectiveness

    Good

    Graded 25 April 2024

  • Quality of education

    Good

    Graded 25 April 2024

  • Behaviour and attitudes

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

227

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

745

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

227

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

3.28×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Bromley
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Bromley)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.bwsgirls.org

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Bromley to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

56.3

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

64.9%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

83.1%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

73.6%

EBacc achievement

Location

BR7 5LJ - St Nicolas Lane, Logs Hill, Chislehurst, Kent

Contact details

Address
St Nicolas Lane, Logs Hill, Chislehurst, Kent
Postcode
BR7 5LJ
Phone
2084672280
Website
www.bwsgirls.org
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Bromley
Local authority code
305

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 266 schools in Bromley.

Authority statistics

Total schools

266

Open schools

120

Closed schools

146

Primary schools

168

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Outstanding

    Graded 25 April 2024

  • Personal development

    Good

    Graded 25 April 2024

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 25 April 2024

  • Sixth form

    Good

    Graded 25 April 2024

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    25 April 202428 February 2024S5 InspectionGoodView report for inspection published 25 April 2024
    • Good

      Published
      25 April 2024
      Inspected
      28 February 2024
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    30.5%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 185

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    34.6%

    Post-16 (A level)

    Average

    Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.

    Average point score per entry

    APS

    33.3

    Value added

    Value added

    -0.03

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    9.1%

    Retention

    Retention %

    Not published

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    93.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    1.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    2.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    4.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    42

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary168 (63.2%)
    • Secondary42 (15.8%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other56 (21.1%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Bullers Wood School0 mSecondaryClosed
    Bullers Wood School for Boys783 mSecondaryOpen
    Bickley Park School896 mNot applicableOpen
    Stratford House School909 mNot applicableClosed
    Breaside Preparatory School954 mNot applicableOpen
    Babington House School1.1 kmNot applicableOpen
    Bickley Parva School1.1 kmNot applicableClosed
    St George's, Bickley, Church of England Primary School1.1 kmPrimaryOpen
    St George's, Bickley, Church of England Primary School1.1 kmPrimaryClosed
    Orion Scotts Park1.2 kmPrimaryOpen
    • Bullers Wood School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Bullers Wood School for Boys
      Distance
      783 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Open
    • Bickley Park School
      Distance
      896 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open
    • Stratford House School
      Distance
      909 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Closed

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Bromley)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    All Saints Catholic SchoolSecondaryBR4 9HNClosed
    Beaverwood School for GirlsSecondaryBR7 6HEClosed
    Bishop Justus CofE SchoolSecondaryBR2 8HZClosed
    Bishop Justus CofE SchoolSecondaryBR2 8HZOpen
    Bullers Wood SchoolSecondaryBR7 5LJClosed
    • All Saints Catholic School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      BR4 9HN
      Status
      Closed
    • Beaverwood School for Girls
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      BR7 6HE
      Status
      Closed
    • Bishop Justus CofE School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      BR2 8HZ
      Status
      Closed
    • Bishop Justus CofE School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      BR2 8HZ
      Status
      Open
    • Bullers Wood School
    Breaside Preparatory School
    Distance
    954 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Babington House School
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Bickley Parva School
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • St George's, Bickley, Church of England Primary School
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • St George's, Bickley, Church of England Primary School
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Orion Scotts Park
    Distance
    1.2 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    BR7 5LJ
    Status
    Closed