Editing Orpington (section)

==Education==
[[File:Orpington College - geograph.org.uk - 624550.jpg|thumb|left|Bromley College's Orpington campus]]
{{Main|Education in Orpington}}
Education in Orpington is managed by the [[London Borough of Bromley]] which is the [[local education authority]]. The town contains a range of [[Primary school|primary]] and [[secondary school]]s. The state secondary schools include [[St. Olave's Grammar School]] and [[Newstead Wood School]], which both select students on the basis of their performance in a highly competitive entrance examination.

The Orpington campus of [[Bromley College, Bromley]] is a [[further education]] college, affiliated with the [[University of Greenwich]] and [[Canterbury Christ Church University]]. It was originally built as Orpington College in 1972, and remains the tallest building in the area, being refurbished in 2008 and then merging with Bromley College in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our History |url=https://www.lsec.ac.uk/our-history2 |website=London South East Colleges |access-date=29 September 2020 |archive-date=14 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114164655/http://www.lsec.ac.uk/our-history2 |url-status=live }}</ref>