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Stewart Fleming Primary School

Academy converter in London, SE20 7YB, taking ages 4 to 11, 570 on roll.

Outstanding Ofsted, Jun 2023
0.42 mi Admitted from, 2025/26
90% Full
70.0% Met the expected standard, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In 2025/26, the furthest child offered a place lived 0.42 miles away.

Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.

The circle is 0.42 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26.

Stewart Fleming Primary School: 0.42 miles, 2025/26 Harris Primary Academy Kent House: 0.53 miles, 2025/26, published by Bromley

This is not a catchment area. 0.42 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.
How to read this

Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Stewart Fleming Primary School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.

Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.

Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary.

The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.

One published year so far: 2025/26, from Bromley. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.

Source: Bromley, published admission distances, 2025/26

Where Stewart Fleming Primary School and Harris Primary Academy Kent House are both in reach

Both distances are drawn on the map above. Harris Primary Academy Kent House admitted from 0.53 miles in 2025/26, published by Bromley. Its own page has the rest of its figures.

No postcode district has its centre inside both distances. The two schools admit from 0.42 and 0.53 miles, and the ground those circles share holds no district centre, which is a fact about where the centres fall rather than about any one address. The map above shows both, and the postcode checker answers for both.

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If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Bromley, 10 of 103 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (9.7%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.

Other schools nearby with a published distance

The closest schools to Stewart Fleming Primary School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
Churchfields Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.62 mi 2025/26 0.5 mi
Harris Primary Academy Kent House Both in reach Primary 0.53 mi 2025/26 0.7 mi
Oasis Academy Ryelands Both in reach Primary 0.43 mi 2026/27 0.7 mi
Marian Vian Primary School Both in reach Primary 1.36 mi 2025/26 0.8 mi
Alexandra Infant School Both in reach Primary 0.34 mi 2025/26 0.9 mi
Balgowan Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.69 mi 2025/26 0.9 mi

The distance as a picture

Stewart Fleming Primary School catchment area map: the 0.42 mile admission distance, 2025/26
Drawn to scale from the published figure. Save the picture, or share this page and this is the card that appears.

What kind of school this is

Religious characterNo religious character
How full 570 pupils in 630 places (90% full)
TrustTHE PIONEER ACADEMY
Local authorityBromley

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Outstanding, inspected 15 June 2023. Ungraded inspection, June 2023: school remains Outstanding
Meeting the expected standard 70.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25)
YearMeeting the expected standard
2024/25 70.0%
2023/24 57.0%
2022/23 73.0%

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to Stewart Fleming Primary School

Girls and boys48.8% girls, 51.2% boys
English as an additional language11.1% of pupils
Free school meals14.7% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

Getting to Stewart Fleming Primary School by bus

Best-served stop: Birkbeck Station, 0.1 mi away, with 6.1 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; the service runs through the night.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
Felmingham Road153 yd3.02.52.0356
Felmingham Road172 yd3.02.52.0356
Birkbeck Station0.1 mi6.05.04.1354, 356

These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.

Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026

The fee-paying alternative

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Common questions

What is the catchment area for Stewart Fleming Primary School?

Stewart Fleming Primary School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2025/26 lived 0.42 miles away, per Bromley.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Stewart Fleming Primary School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 0.42 miles was enough in 2025/26. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near Stewart Fleming Primary School guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

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