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Borough Green Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Foundation school
School Approach, Borough Green, Sevenoaks TN15 8JZ · bgpschool.kent.sch.uk · 01732 883459
On the mapSearch near TN15 8JZ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 30%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Kent 62%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 208
- 66% of 315 places
- Local authority
- Kent
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 22.1%
- First language not English
- 2.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 16 families put the school first and 19 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 | 19 | 16 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 16 | 14 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 41 | 30 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 32 | 28 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 30% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 3% 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 | |||
| ▼30% | 62% | ||
| ▼3% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ▼98 | 105 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Borough Green Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 6 March 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 6 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: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jul 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (47 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Replies
- 47
- 18% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 68% who raised concerns
based on the 32% who had a child bullied
based on 12 parents (26%) with SEND