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South Borough Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Stagshaw Close, Postley Road, Maidstone ME15 6TL · southboroughprimary.org.uk · 01622 752161
On the mapSearch near ME15 6TL
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Apr 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 77%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Kent 62%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 448
- 93% of 480 places
- Local authority
- Kent
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 26.3%
- First language not English
- 34.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 66 families put the school first and 60 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 | 60 | 66 | 1.1▲ | 79% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 81 | 1.4▲ | 65% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 77 | 1.3▲ | 71% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 81 | 1.4▲ | 72% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 61 | 81 | 1.3▲ | 72% |
Results
In 2024/25, 77% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 15% 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 | |||
| ▲77% | 62% | ||
| ▲15% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 26 April 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for South Borough Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 25 Apr 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 118305), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jan 2018Good
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 Oct 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 118305)
What parents said
95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (77 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 95%
- Replies
- 77
- 15% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 81% who raised concerns
based on the 42% who had a child bullied
based on 13 parents (17%) with SEND