Merger

Inicio Educational Trust and South Orpington Learning Alliance (SOLA) have been working increasingly closely together since April 2024. I am very pleased to say that as of Tuesday 1 April 2025, we are now officially one family of 12 schools, with close to 7500 pupils and more than 1000 members of staff. The schools within our Inicio family are:

• Biggin Hill Primary School
• Chelsfield Primary School
• Darrick Wood Junior School
• Green Street Green Primary School
• Orchard Way Primary School
• Pratts Bottom Primary School
• The Highway Primary School
• Tubbenden Primary School
• Bullers Wood School for Boys
• Bullers Wood School for Girls
• Charles Darwin School
• Chislehurst School for Girls

There will initially be very few visible changes as a result of our merger. There are no changes to the names of our schools, to the uniform, or to the leaders of our schools. We want to ensure that it is as easy as possible for you to be able to maintain contact with each school, so email addresses will remain the same for now rather than changing mid-year. This means that if you wish to contact one of the previous SOLA schools, you will continue to use the solamat.co.uk email addresses until the end of the school year. We are likely to launch revised websites and any changes to email addresses from September 2025, and will communicate these fully beforehand.

This is a very exciting time for our Inicio family of schools: we know that we are stronger together, working in partnership, and we appreciate your continued support as we move forward.