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Langley Park School for Boys vs Orchard Park High School

At a glance

Langley Park School for Boys in Bromley and Orchard Park High School in Croydon are 0.8 miles apart in a straight line.

Langley Park School for Boys had the higher Attainment 8 score in 2025-26 (provisional): 52.7 against 50.5 (a gap of 2.2 points).

Progress 8 was not published for 2025-26 (provisional) so this comparison relies on attainment.

Overall absence in 2024-25 was 5.6% at Langley Park School for Boys and 7.6% at Orchard Park High School.

Langley Park School for Boys has 1,820 pupils for 1,676 published places (109%) and Orchard Park High School has 634 for 1,000 (63%).

Built from the figures in the table below. Sources and years are given next to every figure.

Side by side

Langley Park School for Boys compared with Orchard Park High School
Measure Langley Park School for Boys Orchard Park High School
Ofsted
Overall Ofsted grade Ofsted MI, inspections to 31 May 2026 No graded inspection in our data No graded inspection in our data
School profile
Type GIAS (DfE), March 2026 extract Academy converter Academy sponsor led
Phase and age range GIAS (DfE), March 2026 extract Secondary, ages 11-18 Secondary, ages 11-16
Location GIAS (DfE), March 2026 extract Beckenham, Bromley Croydon
Pupils on roll GIAS (DfE), March 2026 extract 1,820 634
Results and attendanceEach row shows the latest year both schools have a figure for. "Stronger" marks a gap big enough to matter in a year both schools report. Rounding-level differences are not marked. Attainment figures reflect each school's intake as well as its teaching. Progress 8 is the only measure here that adjusts for pupils' starting points.
Attainment 8 (average score) DfE KS4 results, 2025-26 (provisional) 52.7 Stronger 50.5
Progress 8 score DfE KS4 results, 2023-24 Progress 8 was not published for the 2025-26 (provisional) results because the Department for Education did not calculate it for that cohort. The last published year is shown. Confidence intervals overlap so there is no clear difference. +0.40 +0.37
Grade 5+ in English and maths DfE KS4 results, 2025-26 (provisional) 59% 58%
Grade 4+ in English and maths DfE KS4 results, 2025-26 (provisional) 82% Stronger 69%
Pupils at the end of key stage 4 DfE KS4 results, 2025-26 (provisional) 217 120
A-level average point score DfE A-level results, 2024-25 35.91 2024-25 Not published
A-level average grade DfE A-level results, 2024-25 B- 2024-25 Not published
A-level students in the point score measure DfE A-level results, 2024-25 316 2024-25 Not published
Overall absence (lower is better) DfE pupil absence, 2024-25 5.6% Stronger 7.6%
Persistent absence (lower is better) DfE pupil absence, 2024-25 Share of pupils missing 10% or more of sessions. 13.2% Stronger 21.6%
Intake and admissionsNot marked as stronger or weaker. These rows describe who a school serves and how its places are filled. They do not measure teaching quality so a higher or lower figure is not better.
Pupils eligible for free school meals GIAS (DfE), March 2026 extract 7.8% 38.1%
Published capacity (places) GIAS (DfE), March 2026 extract 1,676 1,000
Pupils on roll as % of capacity GIAS (DfE), March 2026 extract, pupils divided by capacity 109% 63%
Admissions policy GIAS (DfE), March 2026 extract Non-selective Non-selective
Religious character GIAS (DfE), March 2026 extract None recorded None recorded

"Not published" means the figure is not published or is suppressed for that school and year. It does not mean zero.

Trends over time

Solid blue line with round markers: Langley Park School for Boys. Dashed amber line with square markers: Orchard Park High School. Years with no published figure for either school are left off the axis.

Attainment 8 (average score), higher is better
Attainment 8 (average score) by yearLangley Park School for Boys: 2022-23 54.8, 2023-24 56.0, 2024-25 54.4, 2025-26 52.7. Orchard Park High School: 2022-23 50.6, 2023-24 49.7, 2024-25 44.8, 2025-26 50.5.40.045.050.055.060.022-2323-2424-2525-26
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YearLangley Park School for BoysOrchard Park High School
2022-2354.850.6
2023-2456.049.7
2024-2554.444.8
2025-26 (provisional)52.750.5

Source: DfE key stage 4 results, 2022-23 to 2025-26. The latest year is provisional.

Overall absence (% of sessions), lower is better
Overall absence (% of sessions) by yearLangley Park School for Boys: 2018-19 4.8%, 2021-22 5.3%, 2022-23 6.2%, 2023-24 5.6%, 2024-25 5.6%. Orchard Park High School: 2018-19 5.3%, 2021-22 9.9%, 2022-23 10.5%, 2023-24 9.2%, 2024-25 7.6%.4.06.08.010.012.018-1921-2222-2323-2424-25
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YearLangley Park School for BoysOrchard Park High School
2018-194.8%5.3%
2021-225.3%9.9%
2022-236.2%10.5%
2023-245.6%9.2%
2024-255.6%7.6%

Source: DfE pupil absence, 2018-19 to 2024-25.

Grade 5+ in English and maths (% of pupils), higher is better
Grade 5+ in English and maths (% of pupils) by yearLangley Park School for Boys: 2022-23 65%, 2023-24 70%, 2024-25 60%, 2025-26 59%. Orchard Park High School: 2022-23 55%, 2023-24 53%, 2024-25 45%, 2025-26 58%.405060708022-2323-2424-2525-26
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YearLangley Park School for BoysOrchard Park High School
2022-2365%55%
2023-2470%53%
2024-2560%45%
2025-26 (provisional)59%58%

Source: DfE key stage 4 results, 2022-23 to 2025-26. The latest year is provisional.

Admissions: how the two schools differ

Distance between the schools: 0.8 miles in a straight line between the two school sites. The coordinates come from the GIAS (DfE) March 2026 extract. This is not a walking or driving distance and it does not show which school your address is in catchment for.

How full they are: pupils on roll divided by published capacity from the GIAS (DfE) March 2026 extract. Both figures cover every year group (including any sixth form). Treat the percentage as a rough guide to demand rather than the size of the Year 7 intake.

Langley Park School for Boys

Capacity
1,676 places
Pupils on roll
1,820
Full
109% (at or over capacity)
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
None recorded

Source: GIAS (DfE), March 2026 extract. Each school's own admissions policy sets its oversubscription criteria. It is published by Bromley or by the school.

Check the catchment for your postcode Langley Park School for Boys catchment page

Orchard Park High School

Capacity
1,000 places
Pupils on roll
634
Full
63%
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
None recorded

Source: GIAS (DfE), March 2026 extract. Each school's own admissions policy sets its oversubscription criteria. It is published by Croydon (official admissions page) or by the school.

Check the catchment for your postcode Orchard Park High School catchment page

Sources

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Attainment 8 and Progress 8 are only comparable between schools within the same year.

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