Sussex Road Community Primary School

Sussex Road Community Primary School is performing at a strong standard overall, demonstrating consistent high achievement across various subjects. The school's leadership team ensures that pupils receive a well-sequenced curriculum that allows them to flourish academically, showcasing remarkable progress from their early years through to the end of primary education. Safeguarding is firmly embedded in the school culture, making it a safe and nurturing environment for the children. Notably, the school has strengths in promoting personal development, wellbeing, and inclusive practices, particularly for disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs.

Strengths

• High achievement across all year groups and key stages.
• Strong curriculum that equips pupils with necessary knowledge and skills.
• Effective support for disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs.
• Consistently high-quality teaching that engages all learners.
• Excellent early years provision that builds strong foundations in learning.
• Well-sequenced personal development programme promoting emotional and social skills.

Areas for Improvement

• Attendance for some disadvantaged pupils has declined.
• Persistent absence among vulnerable groups has increased and needs addressing.

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 Sussex Road Community Primary School attended 96.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.9% 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, 1.0% of pupils at Sussex Road Community 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 Sussex Road Community Primary School had 22.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 2.8% 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, 12.1% of pupils at Sussex Road Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.2% 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 Sussex Road Community Primary School received £5,803 and spent £5,819 for each of its 422 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £240,000 (£568 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 Sussex Road Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Sussex Road Community Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Sussex Road Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Sussex Road Community Primary School was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Sussex Road Community Primary School have?

Sussex Road Community Primary School has 422 pupils on roll.

What age range does Sussex Road Community Primary School cover?

Sussex Road Community Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

What are Sussex Road Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 85% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Sussex Road Community Primary School?

Sussex Road Community Primary School is at Sussex Road, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2TP.