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Tiger Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Free school
Boughton Lane, Maidstone ME15 9QL · tigerprimary.com · 01622 745166
On the mapSearch near ME15 9QL
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 60%
- 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
- 392
- 93% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Kent
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 46.2%
- First language not English
- 13.8%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Future Schools Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 36 families put the school first and 43 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 | 43 | 36 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 37 | 34 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 38 | 37 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 31 | 18 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 47 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 60% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 6% 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 | |||
| ●60% | 62% | ||
| ●6% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Tiger Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 19 September 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 19 Sept 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Nov 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2019Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Mar 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good
What parents said
66% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (41 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 66%
- Replies
- 41
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 51% who had a child bullied
based on 11 parents (27%) with SEND