Gray's Farm Primary Academy
Gray's Farm Road, St Paul's Cray, Orpington, BR5 3AD
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST
- Executive Headteacher
- Mr Robert Bradley
- Religious ethos
- None
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- The Kemnal Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Orpington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 436
- Pupils on roll
- 420
- URN
- 139639
- Local authority
- Bromley
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02083005283
About this school
Gray's Farm Primary Academy is a primary academy in Orpington. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 420 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 55 | 55 | 53 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 78% | 85% | 85% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 15% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 80% | 87% | 87% |
| Expected standard in maths | 91% | 91% | 96% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 75% | 82% | 79% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 109.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 108.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.20 | - | - |
| 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 Gray's Farm Primary Academy 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 | 78% | 66.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 85% | 65.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 85% | 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 | 5.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 421 |
| 2023/24 | 427 |
| 2024/25 | 427 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Gray's Farm Primary Academy compares
Gray's Farm Primary Academy ranked 8th of 68 primary schools in Bromley for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 94% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 85% | 4.8% | 37.7% | 420 | — |
| Midfield Primary School | 61% | 6% | 25.3% | 481 | 0.5 miles |
| Leesons Primary School | 33% | 7.1% | 44.7% | 281 | 0.6 miles |
| St Paul's Cray Church of England Primary School | 32% | 7.4% | 42.9% | 178 | 0.8 miles |
| Hope Community School | 43% | 7.8% | 46.4% | 112 | 0.9 miles |
| Orchard Primary School | 60% | 5.4% | 28.2% | 207 | 0.9 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 37.72%
- English as an additional language
- 19.7%
- Overall absence
- 4.82%
- Persistent absence
- 13.03%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Midfield Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Orpington
-
Leesons Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Orpington
-
St Paul's Cray Church of England Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Orpington
-
Hope Community School0.9 miles
Primary · Sidcup
-
Orchard Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Sidcup
Other schools in Orpington
Gray's Farm Primary Academy ranks 5th of the 23 ranked primary schools in Orpington.
- Chelsfield Primary School Primary
- Crofton Infant School Primary
- Crofton Junior School Primary
- Darrick Wood Infant & Nursery School Primary
- Darrick Wood Junior School Primary
- Downe Primary School Primary
- Farnborough Primary School Primary
- Green Street Green Primary School Primary
- Harris Primary Academy Orpington Primary
- Holy Innocents Catholic Primary School Primary
- Leesons Primary School Primary
- Manor Oak Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Gray's Farm Primary Academy teach?
- Gray's Farm Primary Academy teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Orpington.
- Who is the executive headteacher of Gray's Farm Primary Academy?
- The executive headteacher of Gray's Farm Primary Academy is Mr Robert Bradley, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Gray's Farm Primary Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Gray's Farm Primary Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Gray's Farm Primary Academy?
- Gray's Farm Primary Academy has 420 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Gray's Farm Primary Academy full?
- Gray's Farm Primary Academy has capacity for 436 pupils and 420 on roll (96%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Gray's Farm Primary Academy a faith school?
- No. Gray's Farm Primary Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Gray's Farm Primary Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Gray's Farm Primary Academy as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Gray's Farm Primary Academy?
- Gray's Farm Primary Academy is part of THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Gray's Farm Primary Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 78% in 2022/23 and 85% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Gray's Farm Primary Academy rank locally?
- Gray's Farm Primary Academy ranked 8th of 68 primary schools in Bromley for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 94% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Gray's Farm Primary Academy's absence rate?
- Gray's Farm Primary Academy's overall absence rate is 4.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Gray's Farm Primary Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Gray's Farm Primary Academy'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 1 July 2026.