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Staplehurst School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Gybbon Rise, Staplehurst, Tonbridge TN12 0LZ · staplehurstschool.co.uk · 01580 891765
On the mapSearch near TN12 0LZ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 42%
- 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
- Capacity
- 525
- Local authority
- Kent
- Nursery class
- No
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 54 families put the school first and 65 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
Published for the predecessor school (URN 118313)
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 65 | 54 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 68 | 61 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 48 | 46 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 44 | 33 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 74 | 46 | 0.6 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 42% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 4% 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 | |||
| ▼42% | 62% | ||
| ▼4% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼100 | 106 | ||
| ▼97 | 105 | ||
| ▼98 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 118313)
Ofsted
Staplehurst School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 25 January 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 25 Jan 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 118313)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, May 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 118313), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
May 2018Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 118313)
Jun 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 118313)
Dec 2013Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 118313)