Comprehensive schools from Orpington

[TheCoralHelper]

Hi everyone,
Just wondering if anyone has had success getting a place at any of the following schools from these distances:

• Langley Park Girls – 4.8 miles
• Bullers Wood Girls – 3.2 miles
• Chislehurst School for Girls – 3.2 miles

Would really appreciate hearing from anyone with experience or advice. Thanks in advance!

If you open the Secondary school pdf on this page, the distances offered to last year information is on page 43.

https://www.bromley.gov.uk/downloads/download/18/applying-for-a-school-place

Good luck

Very very VERY unlikely.

Charles Darwin is very good. Some of the primary schools in Orpington are feeder schools for CDS, so if your DC is at one of those schools, they should get in.

You seem very keen on single
sex. Darrick Wood is a very good school and you are more likely to get in than these ones but it is mixed.

Agreed.

Ah, sorry, should have said we’re only really looking at single-sex girls’ schools! Thanks so much for all the replies and for the school guide PDF, really appreciate it @Wheelskeepturning
From what I can see, most of the schools seem to have a 1–2 mile catchment?? From where we are, it doesn’t really cover any of them except Darrick Wood… but even that’s a bit risky as the catchment can shrink depending on how many applications they get.... hope I understood it right?

You don't mention if you're looking at school for next year, 2026 or 2027.

If it's 2027 and your Dd is academically able, you could consider the selective all girls grammars, Townley in Bexley or Newstead Wood (which is super-selective).

These involve an entrance exam, details of which can be found online.

Surely you can’t be out of catchment for Newstead if you are in Orpington.
Also Townley is normally 6 miles as the Crow flies so I’d be surprised if you were further than that. In Bexleyheath it doesn’t matter if she only scraped a pass, after the top 180 all are treated the same.

Thanks so much! Yes you are right , as we are in Newstead Wood catchment I didn't mention it
Thank you for the information on bexley !

Townley does have distance as a criteria too though. Around 2000 children pass the Bexley test and there are just over 800 grammar school places.

Yes that’s why I wrote the average distance on offers day.