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Slade Primary School and Attached Unit for Children with Hearing Impairment
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
The Slade, Tonbridge TN9 1HR · slade.kent.sch.uk · 01732 350354
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 64%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Kent 62%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 419
- 100% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Kent
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 16.2%
- First language not English
- 31.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 70 families put the school first and 58 places were offered; 79% 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 | 58 | 70 | 1.2▲ | 79% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 57 | 66 | 1.2▲ | 80% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 83 | 1.4▲ | 71% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 81 | 1.4▲ | 72% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 59 | 72 | 1.2▲ | 75% |
Results
In 2024/25, 64% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 10% 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 | |||
| ●64% | 62% | ||
| ●10% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Slade Primary School and Attached Unit for Children with Hearing Impairment was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 5 March 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 5 Mar 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Sept 2011
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Sept 2011Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good Jul 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (138 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 138
- 33% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 29% who had a child bullied
based on 25 parents (18%) with SEND