Hadlow Primary School

Hadlow Primary School is performing well overall. Inspectors found an ambitious, carefully sequenced curriculum, strong teaching and a warm, inclusive ethos. Pupils are polite, diligent and achieve well, while behaviour and early years provision were judged outstanding. The school’s focus on reading, phonics and support for pupils with SEND are particular strengths, and most pupils attend well. Personal development and leadership and management were judged good, with effective governance and strong staff support.

Strengths

• Ambitious, well-sequenced curriculum promotes a love of learning
• Outstanding behaviour and attitudes across the school
• Outstanding early years provision with clear routines and high engagement
• Strong focus on reading and phonics, helping pupils become fluent readers
• Highly inclusive SEND support enables pupils to access the curriculum and achieve well
• Personal development provision prepares pupils well for life in modern Britain
• Effective attendance monitoring and support for families
• Leadership and governance provide a good balance of challenge and support
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, pupils are not confident recalling subject-specific knowledge and vocabulary
• Pupils sometimes remember activities they completed rather than the knowledge and skills they learned

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Hadlow Primary School attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.6% of pupils at Hadlow Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Hadlow Primary School had 17.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 22.5% of pupils at Hadlow Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Hadlow Primary School received £7,657 and spent £7,680 for each of its 187 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £161,000 (£861 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Hadlow Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hadlow Primary School is Good, from an inspection in April 2025.

When was Hadlow Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hadlow Primary School was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does Hadlow Primary School have?

Hadlow Primary School has 187 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hadlow Primary School cover?

Hadlow Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Hadlow Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 38% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hadlow Primary School?

Hadlow Primary School is at Hadlow, Tonbridge, Kent, TN11 0EH.