Southborough Primary School
Southborough Lane, Bromley, BR2 8AA
This school is closed (it closed in June 2025).
It was replaced by Southborough Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Melody Berthoud
- Constituency
- Bromley and Biggin Hill
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 436
- Pupils on roll
- 403
- URN
- 101601
- Local authority
- Bromley
About this school
Southborough Primary School was a foundation primary school in Bromley. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 403 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Southborough Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 52 | 63 | 61 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 50% | 70% | 54% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 11% | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 65% | 76% | 66% |
| Expected standard in maths | 60% | 78% | 69% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 50% | 71% | 61% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 106.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 107.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.80 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Southborough Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Bromley average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 50% | 66.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 70% | 65.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 54% | 66.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 416 |
| 2023/24 | 426 |
| 2024/25 | 403 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Southborough Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 28% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 49% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 54% | 5.4% | 20.8% | 403 | — |
| Southborough Primary School | — | — | — | 386 | 0.0 miles |
| St James' Roman Catholic Primary School | 94% | 2.9% | 4.1% | 216 | 0.4 miles |
| Trinity Church of England Primary School | 64% | 5.5% | 36.5% | 298 | 0.8 miles |
| Crofton Junior School | 91% | 4.1% | 7.6% | 717 | 0.9 miles |
| Crofton Infant School | — | 3.9% | 2.7% | 590 | 1.1 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 20.84%
- English as an additional language
- 9.4%
- Overall absence
- 5.4%
- Persistent absence
- 13.59%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Southborough Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Bromley
-
St James' Roman Catholic Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Orpington
-
Trinity Church of England Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Bromley
-
Crofton Junior School0.9 miles
Primary · Orpington
-
Crofton Infant School1.1 miles
Primary · Orpington
Other schools in Bromley
- Bickley Primary School Primary
- Burnt Ash Primary School Primary
- Downderry Primary School Primary
- Good Shepherd RC School Primary
- Haberdashers' Knights Primary Primary
- Harris Primary Academy Shortlands Primary
- Hayes Primary School Primary
- Highfield Infants' School Primary
- Highfield Junior School Primary
- La Fontaine Academy Primary
- Launcelot Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Orion Scotts Park Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Southborough Primary School teach?
- Southborough Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Bromley.
- Has Southborough Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Southborough Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Southborough Primary School?
- Southborough Primary School had 403 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Southborough Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 50% in 2022/23 and 54% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Southborough Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Southborough Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 7 July 2025.