Borough Green Primary School

Borough Green Primary School is performing well and has been rated as good overall. The school fosters a warm and inclusive community where pupils from various backgrounds feel valued and involved in school activities. Leadership has prioritized high expectations for behavior and learning, resulting in enthusiastic engagement from pupils. The curriculum has undergone significant revisions this year, enhancing pupils' learning experiences and their ability to remember key content. The school effectively supports disadvantaged and SEND pupils, leading to positive outcomes and strong relationships within the school community. However, there remain areas for improvement, particularly in ensuring consistent teaching quality across all subjects and addressing attendance issues for some pupils.

Strengths

• The school promotes an inclusive environment where all pupils feel welcome.
• Pupils exhibit positive attitudes and strong engagement in learning.
• The curriculum is well-sequenced and focuses on essential knowledge and skills.
• Effective support for disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND.
• Strong leadership commitment and positive community relationships.
• Pupils benefit from a range of extracurricular opportunities and experiences.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent teaching quality in a small number of subjects.
• Some pupils, particularly disadvantaged ones, do not attend regularly enough.

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 Borough Green Primary School attended 93.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 20.2% 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, 4.7% of pupils at Borough Green 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 Borough Green Primary School had 16.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.3% 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, 13.0% of pupils at Borough Green Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.4% 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 Borough Green Primary School received £11,452 and spent £11,544 for each of its 208 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £246,000 (£1,183 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 Borough Green Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Borough Green Primary School is Good, from an inspection in April 2024.

When was Borough Green Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Borough Green Primary School was last inspected in April 2024.

How many pupils does Borough Green Primary School have?

Borough Green Primary School has 208 pupils on roll.

What age range does Borough Green Primary School cover?

Borough Green Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 30% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Borough Green Primary School?

Borough Green Primary School is at School Approach, Borough Green, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 8JZ.