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Pembury School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Lower Green Road, Pembury, Tunbridge Wells TN2 4EB · pembury.kent.sch.uk · 01892 822259
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Oct 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 67%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Kent 62%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 400
- 78% of 510 places
- Local authority
- Kent
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 13.3%
- First language not English
- 8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 56 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 60 | 56 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 53 | 45 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 54 | 0.9 | 98% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 54 | 43 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 51 | 43 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 67% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 5% the higher standard. Across Kent it was 62%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲67% | 62% | ||
| ▼5% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 23 October 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Pembury School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 22 Oct 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Feb 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Feb 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Feb 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good May 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Outstanding
What parents said
90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (107 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 90%
- Replies
- 107
- 26% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 68% who raised concerns
based on the 21% who had a child bullied
based on 15 parents (14%) with SEND