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Tunbury Primary School

Primary

Tonbridge and Malling · Chatham · ME5 9HY www.tunbury.kent.sch.uk

Pupils
534
cap. 630
Ages
4 - 11
Gender
Mixed
Funding
State
Maintained school
57%
RWM expected · 2024/25
3%
RWM higher · 2024/25
534
Pupils · 2024/25
5%
EAL · 2024/25
9%
Persistent abs. · 2024/25
57%
RWM expected · 2024/25
3%
RWM higher · 2024/25
534
Pupils · 2024/25
5%
EAL · 2024/25
9%
Persistent abs. · 2024/25
Ofsted inspection
Good

Ofsted inspection · 07/06/2023

Inadequate
Requires improvement
Good
Outstanding
Local authorityKent
PhasePrimary
School typeMaintained school
Pupil : teacher ratio20.5:1
AdmissionsNot applicable
Religious characterDoes not apply
StatusOpen

Overview of Tunbury Primary School · Primary · Kent

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard
57%
-7pp
72%65%57%
'18'19'23'24'25
'25 · 57%
RWM higher standard
3%
-3pp
13%8%3%
'18'19'23'24'25
'25 · 3%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard
80%
Reading higher standard
33%
Writing expected standard
69%
Writing higher standard
6%
Maths expected standard
72%
Maths higher standard
20%
Science expected standard
82%
SPAG expected standard
72%
SPAG higher standard
18%
Reading scaled score
106.0
Maths scaled score
103.0
GPS scaled score
103.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll
534
Pupil : teacher ratio
20.5
Workforce data · 2025/26
EAL
5%
FSM eligible
13%
SEN
8%
Overall absence
5%
Persistent absence
9%

Contact

Address
Tunbury Avenue, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 9HY
Local authority
Kent
Telephone
Email

History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

YearRWM expectedRWM higherReading exp.Reading hi.Writing exp.Writing hi.Maths exp.Maths hi.ScienceSPAG exp.Read. scoreMaths scoreGPS scoreReading prog.Writing prog.Maths prog.SENCohort
2024/2557%3%80%33%69%6%72%20%82%72%106.0103.0103.08%534
2023/2464%6%75%33%74%11%73%24%85%64%106.0104.0104.010%569
2022/2372%7%83%39%82%14%76%19%91%73%107.0104.0104.0-0.80-0.80-2.8012%587
2018/1966%10%79%35%77%12%79%29%82%78%105.0105.0108.0-1.30-3.00-1.609%591
2017/1870%13%85%41%86%22%77%24%89%88%106.0105.0108.0-0.60-0.80-1.608%604
2016/1776%11%84%36%84%18%87%32%88%90%106.0106.0108.0-0.30-1.20-0.509%618

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

Pupils & absence

YearPupilsPupil:teacherSENEALFSM everAbsencePersistent absence
2024/2553419.58%5%13%5%9%
2023/2456921.410%4%10%5%11%
2022/2358720.812%2%8%5%11%
2021/2258721.811%1%8%5%12%
2020/2161121.612%2%8%
2018/1959122.79%2%3%4%6%
2017/1860424.48%3%3%4%6%
2016/1761821.59%3%4%4%7%

School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.