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Secondary School in Bromley

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wishtobuyadog · 03/01/2015 16:19

Hello. I'm very new to this forum.
I would appreciate if you could give me some information or knowledge about Bromley.

We live in Purley and have two daughters Y3 and Reception.
We've started thinking of moving for a good secondary school.
My husband commutes to Canary Wharf.
Thinking of these two, we thought Bromley area is ideal.

We would like to move somewhere nice area with a good primary and a secondary school.

Which part of Bromley borough is nice to live?

My DD1 is doing well. She is in top table in all subjects so far so I'm thinking of a grammar school but even if she is tutored, it doesn't mean that she could get a place so I would like to know a good non selective Secondary School too.
Obviously if we decided to move this year, these two girls are still in Primary School so I would like to know about primary schools too.

Regarding commuting to London, I presume almost all train stations in Bromley borough goes to London bridge in a reasonable time.

Thank you very much in advance.

OP posts:
selondon1 · 03/01/2015 22:37

Hello, I agree with airedailleurs - Hayes, Bullers Wood and Langley are the ones to go for. Hayes (Hayes station) and Langley (Eden Park station) are on the same train line to London Bridge. For Bullers Wood you'd be best travelling from Chislehurst station I think. I know Langley well and it's a superb school. I hear really positive things about the other two as well.

Just watch out for the ever shrinking "catchment areas". Bromley Council secondary admissions booklet gives the information on the furthest distance pupils can live from the schools and still get in. I agree that I wouldn't go more than a mile from any of those three. Langley catchment is a bit over a mile at the moment i think but bear in mind the rising birth rate will mean the distances will probably reduce from whatever is published in the latest one.

They're all great areas and great schools so you can't go far wrong. Good luck.

airedailleurs · 03/01/2015 19:32

Hi OP, and welcome!

Bromley is a good choice for quality of life and schools...Hayes (mixed), Bullers Wood (girls) and Langley Park (girls) are all excellent non-selective secondary schools, but the catchment area is small (about 1 mile) for the first two. The areas around all 3 are lovely to live in, very green, nice houses etc...These areas also have very good state primaries.

Newstead Wood in Orpington is a super-selective girls grammar, with a 9 mile catchment area.

The Bexley grammars (Townley - girls, Bexley and Chislehurst & Sidcup - mixed) are also accessible from Bromley but very high scores in the 11+ are needed for non-Bexley residents so not a guaranteed option at all.

Trains go to London Bridge/Cannon Street or Charing Cross/Waterloo East, or to Victoria from Bromley South, so not that direct a commute for your DH.