Newstead Wood School

Academy converterSecondaryAges 11–18GirlsSixth form

Avebury Road, Orpington, BR6 9SA

Headteacher · Ms Hannah Dalton

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 7 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils1,347Capacity 955

OfstedOutstandingInspected 2 February 2022

TrustUnited Learning Trust

Free school meals5.6%

AdmissionsSelective

Outstanding

Graded inspection on 2 February 2022.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Year 7 applications close 31 October 2026

For September 2027. Apply through Bromley council, not the school. National offer day is 1 March 2027.

173 of the 322 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered190

Applications636

First choice322

First-choice offers173

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).