Bickley, Chislehurst, Petts Wood best primary schools? (state schools)

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I currently live in Chislehurst, but planning to move and upsize, basing location on primary school catchment areas. My baby is 18 months. Any advice on where is best to be based for the best schools? Crofton is rated Outstanding but I am not keen on being near Orpington, am afraid in case Crofton school community is chavvy (no offence intended, I am just trying to gather facts). Is this the case?

Bickley looks like it may be a good base for several choices (Scott's Park, St George's, Raglan..) but again I'm not sure. Any advice would be much appreciated.

Beckenham/Bromley/Shortlands for Clare House or Highfield. St Nicholas in Chislehurst. Your comment about Orpington is pretty rude. Have you thought about secondaries yet? If you have a ds he might be lucky enough one day to be accepted into St Olaves. What's your budget.

Offence taken, as a resident

Offence taken here too.

The crofton catchment is not chavvy! I’m thinking of the parents I know with children at or who have recently left the school, and chavvy is not a word I would use to describe them at ALL.

Probably a good idea to think ahead to secondary too.

Parts of the crofton catchment (which is unusually small for a school of its size, possibly because of its popularity) would fall within Darrick Wood Secondary catchment which gets good reviews.

Thanks for your replies, and I apologise, I didn't mean to cause offence. I should have worded my question better

They are all good primary schools and each has its own 'feel'. Crofton is much larger than the others which has both its + and - points.
Be aware that the catchments for the Bickley primary schools are pretty small.

Also, although Beckenham primary's are good, there can be an issue for secondary catchments and being the Bickley side of Bromley makes travelling to the Bexley Grammars much easier, if that is something of interest.

I know you said your LO is still a baby, but the time wizzes by and if you want just one move, it's worth considering.

Offence taken here too.

Crofton is an amazing school and there are lots of lovely houses nearby, including some for over £1m! Chavvy?!!

My advice would be to find a school you like and do your research on catchment areas very carefully but be aware that things change massively over a few short years.

Between now and the year you will apply, it’s likely that the catchment area will shrink a lot more than think. I say this as someone who moved to Bromley whilst pregnant and thought our house would be safe. We know people who didn’t get any of their 6 preference schools.

Red Hill Primary is supposed to be very good. Both of my neighbours' children got grammar places from there and the children seem well behaved and pleasant.