Orion Eden Park

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 2 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Bromley
Unique reference
144465
Address
Balmoral Avenue, BR3 3RD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1274 (77% of total capacity)
Boys
56.4%
Girls
43.6%
First language not English
12.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
29.2%
Persistent absence
26.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 40.5%
Mixed 21%
Other White 10.1%
Caribbean 7.7%
African 6.8%
Unclassified 5.3%
Other 2.4%
Other Black 1.6%
Indian 1.4%
Other Asian 0.9%
Pakistani 0.7%
Irish 0.6%
Chinese 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 35%
Local authority average 55%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 47%
Local authority average 53%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45
Local authority average 50.2
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.08
Local authority average 4.6
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award14
Health StudiesTechnical Award26
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)10
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE17
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE22
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE12
BiologyGCSE32
Business Studies:SingleGCSE48
ChemistryGCSE29
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Orion Eden Park

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
232
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
96
2nd preference
109
3rd preference
147
From another Local Authority
212
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
96
2nd preference
43
3rd preference
22
To another Local Authority
69
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes25.4
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
230
142
88
Year 8
238
122
116
Year 9
239
129
110
Year 10
230
130
100
Year 11
233
137
96
Year 12
60
36
24
Year 13
44
23
21
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
90.0%
85.5%
Further education
32.0%
21.7%
36.9%
School sixth form
55.0%
65.3%
35.2%
Sixth form college
2.0%
2.4%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.5%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.2%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
3.6%
5.7%
Destination unknown
4.0%
2.6%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023