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Newstead Wood School
Academy converter for girls, ages 11 to 18, in Orpington.
School facts
- Type
- Academy converter
- Admissions
- Selective
- Gender
- Girls
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,347
- Address
- Avebury Road, Orpington, BR6 9SA
- Local authority
- Bromley
- Religious character
- None
- Ofsted
- No rating in the register
- Website
- newsteadwood.co.uk
- URN
- 136551
From Get Information about Schools (Department for Education), data built 4 November 2026. Ofsted ratings as published by Ofsted.
The test and admissions
Details checked Facts checked 29 October 2026 for September 2027 entry.
The test
- Test
- Newstead Wood School's own selection test (multiple choice)
- Run by
- own test
- Subjects
- Verbal reasoning, Non-verbal reasoning
- Source
- Source: newsteadwood.co.uk (newsteadwood.co.uk)
Key dates
| What | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Registration opens (8.30am) | 1 May 2026 | Source: newsteadwood.co.uk (newsteadwood.co.uk) |
| Registration closes (midnight) | 30 June 2026 | Source: newsteadwood.co.uk (newsteadwood.co.uk) |
| Test (day 1 of 2) | 25 September 2026 | Source: newsteadwood.co.uk (newsteadwood.co.uk) |
| Test (day 2 of 2) | 26 September 2026 | Source: newsteadwood.co.uk (newsteadwood.co.uk) |
| Results emailed (between 16 and 22 October) | 16 October 2026 | Source: newsteadwood.co.uk (newsteadwood.co.uk) |
| Common application form deadline | 31 October 2026 | Source: bromley.gov.uk (bromley.gov.uk) |
| National offer day | 1 March 2027 | Source: newsteadwood.co.uk (newsteadwood.co.uk) |
How places are given
Girls' school, 168 places for girls who reach the required standard (210 marks, or higher if needed). After looked-after children, priority goes to girls within 9 miles of the school who receive Pupil Premium or Service Premium. Remaining places go in score order to girls living within 9 miles (and daughters of long-serving staff), then to girls outside 9 miles; the school says no places have been offered outside the radius.
Source: newsteadwood.co.uk (newsteadwood.co.uk): the school's admission arrangements for September 2027.
The rules in plain words
- Any girl can sit the test
- Priority within 9 miles (about 14.5 km) of the school (14.484 km in a straight line)
Check whether your postcode is inside these rules. The result is indicative only.
Indicative information only. Admission arrangements change every year: always check the school's own determined admission arrangements and your local authority's information before you apply.
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