Pratts Bottom Primary School
General Information
- Address: Hookwood Road, Pratts Bottom, Orpington, BR6 7NX – View on map
- Phone: 01959532225
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Andrew Kilgour
- Age range: 5-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 10 families put it first for 12 places – 8 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 5 of the 12 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 8
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 9
- % eligible for free school meals: 13.4%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (less mixed than the Bromley average)
- English as an additional language: 12% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 36.9% a year (Bromley 16.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 100% moved to another school, 0% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Bromley: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 4 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 7 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Bromley, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 6.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 20.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 17.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 17.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 56% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 11% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 15 percentage points below the Bromley average (71%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 59% against an expected 63%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 59%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 89% · Writing 67% · Maths 67% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 78%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 104
- Based on: 9 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: 61st of 68 junior and primary schools in the area
- =58St Anthony's Catholic Primary School57%
- =58Worsley Bridge Primary School57%
- #61Pratts Bottom Primary School56%
- #62Keston Church of England Primary School46%
- =63Orion Ravensworth41%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,634 (2024-25)
56th of 65 primary schools in Bromley for spending per pupil
- #54Harris Primary Academy Shortlands£5,811
- #55Perry Hall Primary School£5,773
- #56Pratts Bottom Primary School£5,634
- #57Wickham Common Primary School£5,500
- #58Marian Vian Primary School£5,469
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