West Borough Primary School | Primary in Maidstone | Ofsted & DfE

47%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

475

Pupils · 2024/25

36%

EAL · 2024/25

13%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

47%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

475

Pupils · 2024/25

36%

EAL · 2024/25

13%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

47%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

475

Pupils · 2024/25

36%

EAL · 2024/25

13%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 19/10/2022

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityKent

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio23.8:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of West Borough Primary School · Primary · Kent

How does this school perform?

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

RWM expected standard

47%

-5pp

80%64%47%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 47%

RWM higher standard

+5pp

12%6%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 5%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

67%

Reading higher standard

33%

Writing expected standard

55%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

62%

Maths higher standard

15%

Science expected standard

82%

SPAG expected standard

63%

SPAG higher standard

25%

Reading scaled score

104.0

Maths scaled score

101.0

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

475

Pupil : teacher ratio

23.8

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

36%

FSM eligible

26%

SEN

16%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

13%

Contact

Address

Greenway, Maidstone, ME16 8TL

Local authority

Kent

Website

http://www.west-borough.kent.sch.uk/

Telephone

01622726391

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

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

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	47%	5%	67%	33%	55%	7%	62%	15%	82%	63%	104.0	101.0	103.0	—	—	—	16%	475
2023/24	52%	0%	79%	24%	62%	6%	65%	12%	91%	68%	105.0	102.0	104.0	—	—	—	14%	495
2022/23	64%	7%	78%	36%	72%	10%	73%	24%	88%	71%	106.0	103.0	105.0	-0.30	-1.10	-1.90	11%	503
2018/19	80%	8%	90%	32%	83%	17%	87%	38%	92%	88%	106.0	107.0	107.0	+0.80	-0.60	+0.70	14%	495
2017/18	75%	12%	81%	34%	83%	15%	85%	36%	81%	83%	106.0	107.0	107.0	+0.80	-0.30	+2.20	15%	496
2016/17	81%	9%	88%	35%	82%	18%	89%	33%	88%	84%	107.0	108.0	109.0	+3.80	+2.10	+4.20	15%	452

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	475	20.5	16%	36%	26%	5%	13%
2023/24	495	19.9	14%	35%	24%	5%	11%
2022/23	503	19.9	11%	34%	23%	6%	16%
2021/22	497	21.8	16%	32%	24%	5%	12%
2020/21	499	22.0	13%	32%	22%	—	—
2018/19	495	21.6	14%	27%	22%	5%	13%
2017/18	496	19.8	15%	28%	22%	4%	10%
2016/17	452	22.6	15%	26%	25%	5%	11%