Elmstead Wood Primary School
0.5 miles280 pupils · KS2 expected standard 68% (2024/25)
Applications: open (15 Jan 2027)
Independent · All-through · Bromley
Babington House School
Independent school · Ages 3 to 18 · Mixed · 466 pupils
At a glance
- Type
- Independent school
- Ages
- 3 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Christian
- Pupils
- 466 census January 2024
- Capacity
- 534
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery classes
- Yes
- Headmaster
- Mr David Laird
- Address
- Grange Drive, Chislehurst, BR7 5ES
- Borough
- Bromley
- Telephone
- 02084675537
- DfE reference (URN)
- 101680
- Website
- babingtonhouse.com
Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 2026-10-07 · last checked 9 October 2026
Where leavers went
Schools whose leavers came here
This school is named in the published leavers' lists of: Breaside Preparatory School, The Pointer School.
These are destinations schools have published for past leavers. They describe what happened, not what will happen for any one child. How to read this.
Open days and tours
- Open morning · Reception · 08:45Wednesday 11 November 2026, 08:45
Reception Source
Dates as published on the school's own page, read 10 Oct 2026. Schools add and change dates at short notice and most ask you to book: confirm with the school. All open days in London
Admissions
Independent schools run their own admissions. You register directly with the school, usually for a fee, and the school sets its own deadlines, assessments and offer dates, which are separate from the borough process.
Fees
| Stage | Per term | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| Preparatory : Reception to Year 6 | £6,995 | £20,985 |
| Senior School : Years 7 – 11 | £8,705 | £26,115 |
Day fees for 2026-27, as published by the school (read 9 Oct 2026). The school's page gives these fees including VAT. Lunches, trips and other extras may be charged on top.
Other charges and help with fees
- Registration fee
- £120 per one_off Non-refundable registration fee Source
- Registration fee
- £120 per one_off Non-refundable application fee payable at time of application Source
- Acceptance deposit
- £1,500 per one_off Deposit for Reception-Year 11, refundable upon leaving Source
- Acceptance deposit
- £1,500 per one_off Acceptance deposit payable on accepting a place, refunded after leaving Source
- Sibling discount
- Reduction of no more than 10% on fees of younger sibling(s) while two or more siblings attend Source
Source: babingtonhouse.com · academic year 2026-27 · last checked 9 October 2026
Inspection
Inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)
ISI does not give a single overall grade and does not publish its findings as open data, so we show no rating. Read the latest report on isi.net.
Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 2026-10-07 · last checked 9 October 2026
Results
A level (16 to 18), 2024/25
- A level average result, expressed as a grade2022/23: B+ · 2023/24: BC+This schoolB-BromleyB-England, state-funded
- A level average point score per entry2022/23: 42.5 · 2023/24: 39.334.5This school36.4Bromley35England, state-funded
- Average point score for a student's best 3 A levels2022/23: 42.9 · 2023/24: 41.233.8This school36.9Bromley35.8England, state-funded
- % of A level students achieving AAB or higher including at least 2 facilitating subjects2022/23: 43% · 2023/24: 12%0%This school21%Bromley18%England, state-funded
- A level value added score2023/24: 0.180.23This school-0.03England, state-funded
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · academic year 2024/25 · 15 pupils in the cohort
GCSE figures from the DfE tables are not shown for independent schools: many of the qualifications they enter, such as IGCSEs, are not counted there.
Pupils and context
- Receiving SEN support
- 24.6%
- With an Education, Health and Care Plan
- 0.8%
- Girls / boys
- 48% / 52%
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · school census 2024/25
Nearby schools
Schools covering the same ages within about a mile, by straight-line distance (not walking or travel time).
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0.8 miles203 pupils · KS2 expected standard 81% (2024/25)
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Orion Ravensworth
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0.9 miles364 pupils · KS2 expected standard 65% (2024/25)
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