Leesons Primary School
Leesons Hill, St Paul's Cray, Orpington, BR5 2GA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE SPRING PARTNERSHIP TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Gordon Jamieson
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- The Spring Partnership Trust
- Constituency
- Orpington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 281
- URN
- 141291
- Local authority
- Bromley
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01689602786
About this school
Leesons Primary School is a primary academy in Orpington. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 281 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 did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 54 | 53 | 39 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 30% | 21% | 33% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 4% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 48% | 42% | 54% |
| Expected standard in maths | 39% | 40% | 54% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 37% | 36% | 46% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 101.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 98.0 | 100.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.80 | - | - |
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 Leesons 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 | 30% | 66.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 21% | 65.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 33% | 66.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 385 |
| 2023/24 | 362 |
| 2024/25 | 319 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Leesons Primary School compares
Leesons Primary School ranked 66th of 68 primary schools in Bromley for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 8% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 33% | 7.1% | 44.7% | 281 | — |
| Poverest Primary School | 66% | 6.1% | 24.6% | 433 | 0.5 miles |
| Gray's Farm Primary Academy | 85% | 4.8% | 37.7% | 420 | 0.6 miles |
| St Paul's Cray Church of England Primary School | 32% | 7.4% | 42.9% | 178 | 0.7 miles |
| Midfield Primary School | 61% | 6% | 25.3% | 481 | 0.8 miles |
| St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School | 82% | 4.9% | 19.3% | 222 | 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 44.67%
- English as an additional language
- 18.2%
- Overall absence
- 7.05%
- Persistent absence
- 22.87%
Location
Nearby schools
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Poverest Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Orpington
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Gray's Farm Primary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Orpington
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St Paul's Cray Church of England Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Orpington
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Midfield Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Orpington
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St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Orpington
Other schools in Orpington
Leesons Primary School ranks 21st 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
- Gray's Farm Primary Academy Primary
- Green Street Green Primary School Primary
- Harris Primary Academy Orpington Primary
- Holy Innocents Catholic Primary School Primary
- Manor Oak Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Leesons Primary School teach?
- Leesons Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Orpington.
- Who is the headteacher of Leesons Primary School?
- The headteacher of Leesons Primary School is Mr Gordon Jamieson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Leesons Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Leesons Primary School, 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 Leesons Primary School?
- Leesons Primary School has 281 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Leesons Primary School full?
- Leesons Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 281 on roll (67%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Leesons Primary School a faith school?
- No. Leesons Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Leesons Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Leesons Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Leesons Primary School?
- Leesons Primary School is part of THE SPRING PARTNERSHIP TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Leesons Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 30% in 2022/23 and 33% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Leesons Primary School rank locally?
- Leesons Primary School ranked 66th of 68 primary schools in Bromley for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 8% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Leesons Primary School's absence rate?
- Leesons Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Leesons Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Leesons 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 1 July 2026.