Newstead Wood School vs St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School
Both are grammar schools in Bromley, 1.3 miles apart. Side-by-side on official DfE, Ofsted and council admissions data.
Side by side
| Newstead Wood School | St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School | |
|---|---|---|
| Phase | Secondary | Secondary |
| Gender | Girls | Boys |
| Pupils on roll | 1,262 | 1,084 |
| Free school meals | 6.3% | 5.6% |
| Ofsted rating | Outstanding | Not judged |
| Attainment 8 — 2024/25 | 82.8 | 83.6 |
| A-level average points — 2024/25 | 43.52 | 50.26 |
| 11+ test board | Bespoke (each school sets own exam) | Bespoke (each school sets own exam) |
| Admission system | pass/fail then criteria order | pass/fail then criteria order |
| Places offered — 202627 | 190 | 128 |
| First preferences per place — higher means more competition for a first-preference place | 1.69 | 2.01 |
Qualifying scores
Newstead Wood School
No fixed published pass mark. Newstead Wood's GL VR+NVR test standard is set annually; note the school has historically applied a maximum home-to-school distance eligibility criterion for most places — check the current policy.
St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School
No fixed pass mark. St Olave's uses two stages: a 1-hour Selective Eligibility Test (top ~450 boys progress), then two 1-hour written papers in November; offers follow Stage 2 rank and the school's criteria. No cutoff is published.
Who gets priority
Where a school is oversubscribed, these are the first criteria applied, in order. This is usually what decides an application.
Newstead Wood School
- Looked After/Previously Looked After Children at/above the required standard
- Girls within a 9-mile radius of the school in receipt of Pupil Premium/Service Premium, at/above the required standard
- Girls within the 9-mile radius, plus staff children (≥2 years employed) living outside it, ranked by score
- Girls outside the 9-mile radius, ranked by score
Source: school admissions policy.
St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School
- Children looked after by a local authority and previously looked after children (including those who appear to the admission authority to have been in state car
- Children with an exceptional medical or social need to attend this particular school, supported by written professional evidence (where the LA or school include
- Children who will have a sibling on the roll of the school (or a linked infant/junior school, where the published arrangements say so) at the time of admission.
- Children living in the school's catchment / priority admission / designated / normal / geographical priority area (terminology varies by LA). Living in the area
- Children living nearest to the school, measured by the method in the published admission arrangements (commonly straight-line or shortest safe walking route fro
Source: la_default admissions policy.
Choosing between them
Newstead Wood School is a girls school and St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School is a boys school, so for many families the starting point is which one can admit their child. The figures on this page are the published ones — they describe intakes and results, not what either school would be like for your child. The right choice depends on your family's own priorities and circumstances.
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