Darrick Wood Infant & Nursery SchoolKeston Church of England Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Darrick Wood Infant & Nursery School and Keston Church of England Primary School are primary schools.

  • Darrick Wood Infant & Nursery School scores 87 out of 100 (grade A, exceptional) and Keston Church of England Primary School scores 59 out of 100 (grade C, average). Darrick Wood Infant & Nursery School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Darrick Wood Infant & Nursery School was judged Outstanding and Keston Church of England Primary School was judged Good.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Keston Church of England Primary School (71.0% in 2022-23, 46.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Darrick Wood Infant & Nursery School versus Keston Church of England Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure OrpingtonDarrick Wood Infant & Nursery SchoolKestonKeston Church of England Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreA87/100Stronger figureC59/100
Local ranking69th of 75 in Bromley 50th of 75 in Bromley Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: OutstandingStronger figureOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-7 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll314 161
Capacity348 210
LocationOrpington, BR6 8ER Keston, BR2 6BN
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standardNot reported46.0% 62.0%
At higher standardNot reported4.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled scoreNot reported104.0 106.0
Maths average scaled scoreNot reported105.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census306 173
Free school meals (ever 6)7.8% 11.0%
English as an additional language15.7% 9.8%
SEN support12.1% 11.0%
SEN with an EHC plan5.2% 2.9%
Attendance
Overall absence4.4% Stronger figure6.1% 6.2%
Persistent absence10.4% Stronger figure17.4% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Darrick Wood Infant & Nursery School

Keston Church of England Primary School

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