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Barming Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Sponsored academy
Belmont Close, Barming, Maidstone ME16 9DY · barming.kent.sch.uk · 01622 726472
On the mapSearch near ME16 9DY
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 48%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Kent 62%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 480
- 60 over 420 places · 114%
- Local authority
- Kent
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 23%
- First language not English
- 15.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 59 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 97% 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 | 59 | 1 | 97% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 55 | 0.9 | 98% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 57 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 56 | 0.9 | 98% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 58 | 46 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 48% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 5% 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 | |||
| ▼48% | 62% | ||
| ▼5% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 118508)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Barming Primary School on 24 September 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 24 Sept 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, May 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 118508), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
May 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 Jan 2015Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 118508)
What parents said
85% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (105 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 85%
- Replies
- 105
- 21% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 78% who raised concerns
based on the 39% who had a child bullied
based on 24 parents (23%) with SEND