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Woodlands Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Higham School Lane, Hunt Road, Tonbridge TN10 4BB · woodlands.kent.sch.uk · 01732 355577
On the mapSearch near TN10 4BB
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Dec 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 74%
- 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
- 540
- 86% of 630 places
- Local authority
- Kent
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 25.2%
- First language not English
- 9.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 50 families put the school first and 55 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 | 55 | 50 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 59 | 55 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 59 | 58 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 72 | 68 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 89 | 82 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 74% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% 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 | |||
| ▲74% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 118448)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 4 December 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Woodlands Primary School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 3 Dec 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2019Good
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
What parents said
87% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (206 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 87%
- Replies
- 206
- 37% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 36% who had a child bullied
based on 43 parents (21%) with SEND