Orion Mead Road
Mead Road Infant School, Chislehurst, BR7 6AD
82 pupils · 91% of 90 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- ORION EDUCATION
- Local authority
- Bromley
- Free school meals
- 8.5%
Ofsted
Good (2023) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 1 November 2023, published 12 December 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.83 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 29 | 24 | 103 | 29 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 29 | 29 | 145 | 29 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 30 | 31 | 149 | 30 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 30 | 27 | 138 | 30 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 30 | 41 | 145 | 30 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 30 | 36 | 154 | 30 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 30 | 23 | 144 | 30 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 20 | 17 | 125 | 19 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Red Hill Primary School 0.7 km · Improved significantly (2024)
- Edgebury Primary School 0.7 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- St Nicholas Church of England Primary 0.9 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Montbelle Primary School 1.2 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Orion Ravensworth 1.8 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Longlands Primary School 1.8 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.