Tubbenden Primary School

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Sandy Bury
Orpington
Kent
BR6 9SD
Phone 01689851653
Reference Number 137930

Tubbenden Primary is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across several key areas, including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, leadership and management, and early years provision. The school demonstrates a strong commitment to its core values, fostering an environment where pupils feel happy and safe. Notably, personal development is rated as 'Outstanding', indicating that the school excels in providing opportunities for students to engage in extracurricular activities and develop important life skills.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 667
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 54.42%
Girls: 45.58%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 6.5%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 22.3%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 26.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 26.6
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 27.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 46 44 90
2 46 41 87
3 33 48 81
4 52 51 103
5 58 43 101
6 56 45 101

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 61%
Indian 10.2%
White, Other 6%
Mixed, Other 4.8%
African 3.6%
Asian, Other 2.8%
Unclassified 2.4%
Chinese 1.9%
White & Asian 1.8%
White & Black (African) 1.2%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.9%
Caribbean 0.6%
Pakistani 0.4%
Irish 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Outstanding
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Early Years Provision Good
Last Report Date 16 May 2023
Date Report
16 May 2023 School inspection:
28 Nov 2017 Short inspection
05 Mar 2013 Full inspection:
10 Aug 2012 Academy conversion letter
12 Jan 2011 Full inspection:
Previously as Tubbenden Primary School
12 Jan 2011 Full inspection:

Strengths

  • Strong core values that promote respect, excellence, and honesty among pupils.
  • High expectations of pupils and effective curriculum design, including for those with SEND.
  • Well-organized extracurricular activities and educational visits that enrich the curriculum.
  • Effective leadership that supports staff well-being and training opportunities.
  • Strong culture of safeguarding with effective support systems for pupils.

Areas for Improvement

  • Need for a more coherent curriculum development in some areas of study.
  • Inconsistent identification of knowledge retention among pupils in a few subjects.
  • Lack of a systematically sequenced curriculum in early years.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 78%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 9%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 109
Maths 109

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 3.1
Writing 2.3
Maths 2.3

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 73 6
Third Preference 58 4
From another Local Authority 1 0

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