Ravens Wood School

Ravens Wood School continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school. Pupils and sixth-form students express high satisfaction with the diverse opportunities provided, including a strong sense of safety and well-being at the school. The curriculum is ambitious and well-structured, meeting the needs of all students, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). There is a positive school culture, with good behavior and a supportive environment for both learning and personal development.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and well cared for.
• High-quality support for students with SEND.
• Ambitious and well-designed curriculum.
• Strong subject knowledge among teachers.
• Positive attitudes towards learning and respect among pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• In a few subjects, foundational knowledge is not sufficiently embedded.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Ravens Wood School attended 93.6% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 14.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 2.3% of pupils at Ravens Wood School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Ravens Wood School had 16.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 24.2% of pupils at Ravens Wood School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 3.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Ravens Wood School received £7,963 and spent £8,004 for each of its 1,592 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,207,000 (£758 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of Impact Multi Academy Trust, income was £7,227 and spending £6,625 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Bromley · Bromley local authority: places and applications

Ravens Wood School is part of Impact Multi Academy Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• Hayes School Bromley
• Darrick Wood School Orpington
• Hawes Down Primary School West Wickham
• Langley Park Primary School Beckenham
• Langley Park School for Girls Beckenham
• Langley Park School for Boys Beckenham
• Clare House Primary School Beckenham

What is Ravens Wood School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ravens Wood School is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Ravens Wood School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ravens Wood School was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Ravens Wood School have?

Ravens Wood School has 1,598 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ravens Wood School cover?

Ravens Wood School for pupils aged 11 to 19.

What are Ravens Wood School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 50.8, and 55% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Ravens Wood School?

Ravens Wood School is at Oakley Road, Bromley, Kent, BR2 8HP.