St Philomena's Primary School
Academy converter primary school in Orpington (Bromley).
Location
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The area is well served by public transport. The R4 bus serves Chelsfield Road which is directly outside the school. Several bus services serve the nearby Cray Avenue. These include the B14, R1, R11 and the 51. Other buses serve Lower Road which runs from St. Mary Cray High Street. These include the R6, 477, R2 and R3. We are within walking distance of St Mary Cray Station.
See the local bus map for more details. Our School Travel Plan looks at how students, staff and visitors travel to and from school and identifies current issues and concerns with respect to the journey.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Healthy SchoolsHealth and wellbeing
Key facts
- URN
- 141482
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Bromley
- Constituency
- Orpington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2014
Governing body
No governance records are published for this school in the DfE data we hold.
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