Bullers Wood School for Boys

Bullers Wood School for Boys is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all inspected domains. The school fosters a positive environment, where pupils feel safe and valued, and strong relationships are evident throughout the community. The curriculum is broad and ambitious, equipping pupils with substantial knowledge, and special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) students receive appropriate support to achieve their goals. The school emphasizes personal development, encouraging leadership skills and participation in a range of extracurricular activities.

Strengths

• Strong leadership and management guiding overall school improvement.
• Positive and respectful relationships among pupils and staff.
• Ambitious curriculum that incorporates the English Baccalaureate.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND to achieve the full curriculum.
• High attendance rates and low levels of disruption in lessons.
• Robust personal, social, health and economic education program.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent checks on pupils' understanding before introducing new concepts.
• Some pupils do not read widely outside of lessons, limiting 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 Bullers Wood School for Boys attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 14.8% 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, 8.1% of pupils at Bullers Wood School for Boys were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). One pupil was 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 Bullers Wood School for Boys had 16.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.2% 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, 15.0% of pupils at Bullers Wood School for Boys were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 5.0% 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 Bullers Wood School for Boys received £8,571 and spent £8,427 for each of its 898 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,186,000 (£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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All schools in Bromley · Bromley local authority: places and applications

Bullers Wood School for Boys is part of Lumero Educational Trust, which runs 12 schools. The nearest others:

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

What is Bullers Wood School for Boys's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bullers Wood School for Boys is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was Bullers Wood School for Boys last inspected by Ofsted?

Bullers Wood School for Boys was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Bullers Wood School for Boys have?

Bullers Wood School for Boys has 894 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bullers Wood School for Boys cover?

Bullers Wood School for Boys for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Bullers Wood School for Boys's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 47.6, and 46% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Bullers Wood School for Boys?

Bullers Wood School for Boys is at Chislehurst Road, Bromley, BR1 2NW.