Pickhurst Infant Academy
Academy converter in West Wickham, BR4 0HL, taking ages 5 to 7, 336 on roll.
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In 2025/26, the furthest child offered a place lived 3.01 miles away.
Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.
How this compares: every Bromley school's distance, tightest first →
The circle is 3.01 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26.
Pickhurst Infant Academy: 3.01 miles, 2025/26 Highfield Infants' School: 1.95 miles, 2025/26, published by Bromley
How to read this
Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Pickhurst Infant Academy 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 labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.
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 Pickhurst Infant Academy and Highfield Infants' School are both in reach
Both distances are drawn on the map above. Highfield Infants' School admitted from 1.95 miles in 2025/26, published by Bromley. Its own page has the rest of its figures.
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside both published distances, cheapest first by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is BR3 at £460,000; the dearest shown, BR4, £625,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.
| District | Area | From Pickhurst Infant Academy | From Highfield Infants' School | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR3 | Bromley | 2.0 mi | 1.5 mi | £460,000 146 sales |
| BR2 | Bromley | 0.7 mi | 1.1 mi | £625,000 124 sales |
| BR4 | Bromley | 1.0 mi | 1.6 mi | £625,000 105 sales |
Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Distances measured from each district's centre to each school's point on the Department for Education register. 1 more district falls inside both without enough recorded sales to rank: BR1.
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Other schools nearby with a published distance
The closest schools to Pickhurst Infant Academy that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.
| School | Phase | Admitted from | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highfield Infants' School Both in reach | Primary | 1.95 mi 2025/26 | 0.7 mi |
| Hawes Down Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 0.69 mi 2025/26 | 0.8 mi |
| The Ravensbourne School Both in reach | Secondary | 2.72 mi 2025/26 | 0.8 mi |
| Hayes School Both in reach | Secondary | 0.91 mi 2025/26 | 1.0 mi |
| Langley Park School for Girls Both in reach | Secondary | 1.33 mi 2025/26 | 1.0 mi |
| Langley Park School for Boys Both in reach | Secondary | 0.93 mi 2025/26 | 1.1 mi |
The distance as a picture
What kind of school this is
| Religious character | No religious character |
| How full | 336 pupils in 360 places (93% full) |
| Trust | NEXUS EDUCATION SCHOOLS TRUST |
| Local authority | Bromley |
Department for Education register (GIAS).
How the school is doing
| Ofsted | Report card, May 2026: 7 areas strong or exceptional |
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Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.
Who goes to Pickhurst Infant Academy
| Girls and boys | 48.5% girls, 51.5% boys |
| English as an additional language | 20.8% of pupils |
| Free school meals | 7.7% of pupils eligible |
DfE school census, most recent published year.
What it costs to live within reach of Pickhurst Infant Academy
Cheapest district inside the 3.01 miles: BR3, median £460,000. Dearest: BR4, £625,000.
| District | Area | From the school | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|
| BR3 | Bromley | 2.0 mi | £460,000 146 sales |
| BR2 | Bromley | 0.7 mi | £625,000 124 sales |
| BR4 | Bromley | 1.0 mi | £625,000 105 sales |
How to read this
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 3.01 miles the school admitted from in 2025/26, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.
How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.
Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide
Getting to Pickhurst Infant Academy by bus
Best-served stop: Meadway / Pickhurst Park, 0.2 mi away, with 2.9 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 00:23, last 23:54.
Every stop within 600 m
| Stop | From the school | Weekday daytime, an hour | Evening | Sunday | Routes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Avenue Hayes | 0.1 mi | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 138, 638 |
| Meadway / Pickhurst Park | 0.2 mi | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 352 |
| Pickhurst Lane | 0.2 mi | 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 352 |
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 Pickhurst Infant Academy?
Pickhurst Infant Academy 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 3.01 miles away, per Bromley.
How close do I need to live to get a place at Pickhurst Infant Academy?
Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 3.01 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 Pickhurst Infant Academy 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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