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Orion Coopers[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 46 45.9 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
45.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
45.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
9.9% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.38 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 48.5[6] 51.3%[6]
2023/24 45.4[4] 48.9%[4] -0.38[4]
2022/23 46.2[7] 44%[7] -0.34[7]
2021/22 48.8[8] 53%[8] -0.28[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
0% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C-[10] 9.5%[10]
2022/23 C-[11] 0%[11]
2021/22 C[12] 2.7%[12]
2018/19 D+[13] 1.3%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
93% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
47% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
3% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
32% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[14]
Employment
4% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 95%[15] 51%[15] 2%[15] 33%[15] 5%[15] 4%[15]
2020/21 95%[16] 50%[16] 2%[16] 33%[16] 5%[16] 4%[16]
2019/20 96%[17] 60%[17] 3%[17] 29%[17] 1%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 97%[18] 53%[18] 31%[18] 7%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
87% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
68% 2022/23[19]
Education
69% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
6% 2022/23[19]
Employment
12% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 93%[20] 59%[20] 63%[20] 8%[20] 21%[20]
2020/21 85%[21] 67%[21] 68%[21] 2%[21] 15%[21]
2019/20 81%[22] 56%[22] 61%[22] 6%[22] 14%[22]
2018/19 85%[23] 40%[23] 44%[23] 15%[23] 27%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
67% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
9% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
4% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2018/19[26]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 79%[27] 12%[27]
2019/20 67%[25] 6%[25] 4%[25]
2018/19 49%[26] 4%[26] 3%[26] 0%[26]
2017/18 49%[28] 4%[28] 4%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
8 Mar 2023[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
8 May 2023[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
8 Mar 2018[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.3 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
572 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
107 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
252 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.4 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 693[31] 145[31] 251[31] 2.8[31] 0.6[31]
Entry Sept 2024 742[31] 146[31] 236[31] 3.1[31] 0.6[31]
Entry Sept 2023 826[31] 161[31] 256[31] 3.2[31] 0.6[31]
Entry Sept 2022 934[31] 225[31] 248[31] 3.8[31] 0.9[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1629[1]
Trust
ORION EDUCATION[1]
Local authority
Bromley[1]
Website
http://www.orioncoopers.org.uk[1]
District
Bromley[32]
Postcode
BR7 5PS[1]
URN
136464[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1318 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
7.5% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
9.9% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
2.7% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
27.2% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
72.7%[34]
Mixed
10.3%[34]
Asian
4.5%[34]
Black
10.3%[34]
Any other ethnic group
1.3%[34]
Unclassified
0.8%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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