Education in Orpington

Education in Orpington, England, is managed by the London Borough of Bromley which is the Local Education Authority. Orpington is a suburban town that forms the south-eastern edge of London's urban sprawl and is one of thirty five major centres identified in the London Plan.^[1]

Nursery and primary schools

• St Mary's Pre-school Group, Green Street Green
• Robin’s Den Playgroup (Hillside Primary school)
• Happy Faces Montessori
• Charterhouse
• St Mary Cray Primary School
• St Paul's Cray CE Nursery
• Bridgehouse Pre School
• Bright Sparks
• Cannock House
• Thresher's Day Nursery
• Asquith Nursery, Crofton
• Warren Road Primary School
• Hillside Primary School
• The Highway Primary School
• Blenheim Primary School
• Darrick Wood Infant School
• Darrick Wood Junior School
• Perry Hall Primary School
• Holy Innocents Catholic Primary School
• Crofton Infant School
• Crofton Junior School
• Poverest Primary School
• Tubbenden Infant School, federated with
• Tubbenden Junior School
• Avalon pre school playgroup, Church of Unity
• Midfield Primary School
• Leesons Hill Primary School
• Grays Farm Primary School

Secondary schools

• Darrick Wood School, a comprehensive school and Sports College.
• Newstead Wood School, a selective girls' secondary school in Avebury Road.
• St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School for Boys, a selective boys' secondary school in Goddington Lane.
• The Priory School, a comprehensive school and Sports College.

Further education

• Orpington College is a further education college. It is affiliated with the University of Greenwich and Canterbury Christ Church University. Orpington College is the tallest building in Orpington, and was built in 1972.

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