Biggin Hill Primary School

Biggin Hill Primary School continues to demonstrate a solid performance, maintaining its status as a good school. The welcoming atmosphere fosters pupils' pride and responsibility, with various initiatives allowing them to contribute positively to school life. Leaders set high expectations and have designed a broad and ambitious curriculum, preparing students effectively for their future learning. Although there have been impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, recent enhancements in reading instruction have begun to close any gaps in pupils' knowledge. The school's focus on personal development provides students with enriching opportunities alongside their academic education. With supportive leadership and a strong commitment to meeting the needs of all learners, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, the school successfully integrates inclusivity into its approach. Despite these strengths, there are notable challenges with some students' attendance, and a need for teachers to better connect new learning with previously garnered knowledge for improved comprehension.

Strengths

• Pupils excel in a welcoming and supportive environment.
• Strong leadership with high expectations for all pupils.
• Broad and ambitious curriculum designed for progressive learning.
• Effective strategies in place for supporting pupils with special educational needs.
• Pupils demonstrate positive behavior and respect for one another.

Areas for Improvement

• Teachers do not consistently help pupils recall prior learning.
• Some pupils have high levels of absence, impacting their learning.

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 Biggin Hill Primary School attended 93.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

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, 1.1% of pupils at Biggin Hill Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). 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 Biggin Hill Primary School had 25.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

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, 14.0% of pupils at Biggin Hill Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

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 primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Biggin Hill Primary School received £6,927 and spent £6,854 for each of its 448 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £592,000 (£1,321 per pupil).

Across all 12 schools of Lumero Educational Trust, income was £6,972 and spending £6,819 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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Biggin Hill Primary School is part of Lumero Educational Trust, which runs 12 schools. The nearest others:

• Charles Darwin School Westerham
• Green Street Green Primary School Orpington
• Pratts Bottom Primary School Orpington
• Darrick Wood Junior School Orpington
• Tubbenden Primary School Orpington
• The Highway Primary School Orpington
• Chelsfield Primary School Orpington
• Orchard Way Primary School Croydon
• Bullers Wood School for Boys Bromley
• Bullers Wood School Chislehurst

What is Biggin Hill Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Biggin Hill Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2023.

When was Biggin Hill Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Biggin Hill Primary School was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does Biggin Hill Primary School have?

Biggin Hill Primary School has 444 pupils on roll.

What age range does Biggin Hill Primary School cover?

Biggin Hill Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Biggin Hill Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Biggin Hill Primary School?

Biggin Hill Primary School is at Old Tye Avenue, Biggin Hill, Westerham, Kent, TN16 3LY.