Staplehurst School is a primary school located in Tonbridge. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 10/05/2018. According to tests results, the school's progress in writing and progress in maths are below average, progress in reading is well below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.4%, which is 1.4 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Gybbon Rise, Tonbridge, TN12 0LZ
Website: www.staplehurstschool.co.uk/
Telephone: 01580891765
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Kent
Headteacher / Principal: Miss Lucy Davenport
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 118313

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 10/05/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 525
Number of Pupils: 351
Number of Boys: 164
Number of Girls: 187

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.4% 4%
Persistent absence: 14.2% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Below Average: -4.5 Confidence interval -6 to -2.9
Writing
Below Average: -1.9 Confidence interval -3.3 to -0.5
Maths
Below Average: -2 Confidence interval -3.4 to -0.7

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:62%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:15%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:102
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:105
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Staplehurst School
Gybbon Rise , Staplehurst TN12 0LZ
2out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.