Schools in Beckenham
Beckenham's 18 schools are administered by the London Borough of Bromley, one of the few London boroughs to retain a selective secondary tier alongside comprehensive schools. Catchment areas for Bromley's community primaries use straight-line distance from home to school, measured by the council's GIS system - in competitive zones near Eden Park and Clock House, last-offered distances at popular primaries can fall below 0.4 miles.
Secondary choices include Langley Park Schools for Boys and Girls, which draw from a wide Bromley catchment, and the partially-selective St Joseph's Academy. Bromley coordinates its secondary offer through the Pan-London Admissions Scheme, with preferences submitted via the council's eAdmissions portal by the October deadline.
School demand in Beckenham
Across the 18 schools in Beckenham with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 93%. 6 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
1 school in Beckenham has a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in its admissions policy.
14 of the schools in Beckenham are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Bromley, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
6 of the schools in Beckenham have a current Ofsted rating, of which 6 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Beckenham: 3 oversubscribed (11)
Balgowan Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Beckenham · BR3 4HJ
Alexandra Infant School
Primary · Academy converter
Beckenham · BR3 1JG
Harris Primary Academy Beckenham
Primary · Free schools
Beckenham · BR3 3SJ
St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Beckenham · BR3 5DE
Marian Vian Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Beckenham · BR3 4AZ
Unicorn Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Beckenham · BR3 3AL
Worsley Bridge Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Beckenham · BR3 1RF
Langley Park Primary School
Primary · Free schools
Beckenham · BR3 3FG
Clare House Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Beckenham · BR3 6PY
Harris Primary Academy Beckenham Green
Primary · Academy converter
Beckenham · BR3 5JG
Churchfields Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Beckenham · BR3 4QY
Secondary Schools in Beckenham (5)
Langley Park School for Boys
Secondary · Academy converter
Beckenham · BR3 3BP
Langley Park School for Girls
Secondary · Academy converter
Beckenham · BR3 3BE
Harris Academy Beckenham
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Beckenham · BR3 3SJ
Harris Girls Academy Bromley
Secondary · Academy converter
Beckenham · BR3 1QR
Orion Eden Park
Secondary · Free schools
Beckenham · BR3 3RD
Other Schools in Beckenham (2)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Beckenham are set by Bromley and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.