Tiger Primary School

Tiger Primary School is performing well overall, demonstrating a positive ethos and effective curriculum implementation. There are good relationships between staff and pupils, leading to a supportive learning environment. The school has reestablished high behaviour expectations, which are reflected in students' conduct and willingness to learn. Although the quality of education is rated as good, some areas require improvement, particularly in early years provision and support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).

Strengths

• Strong relationships between staff and pupils.
• High expectations for pupils' achievement and conduct.
• Effective curriculum design that reflects high ambitions.
• Supportive personal development and leadership opportunities for pupils.
• Effective safeguarding arrangements.

Areas for Improvement

• Early years provision does not consistently match ambitious learning intentions.
• Slow identification of needs for pupils with SEND.
• Inconsistent teaching of early reading.

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 Tiger Primary School attended 92.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 27.1% 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, 4.0% of pupils at Tiger 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 Tiger Primary School had 20.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 24.8% 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, 15.8% of pupils at Tiger Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.3% 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 2024–25 Tiger Primary School received £8,009 and spent £7,899 for each of its 401 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £676,000 (£1,686 per pupil).

Across all 3 schools of Future Schools Trust, income was £8,520 and spending £8,394 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Maidstone · Kent local authority: places and applications

Tiger Primary School is part of Future Schools Trust, which runs 3 schools. The nearest others:

• New Line Learning Academy Maidstone
• Cornwallis Academy Maidstone

What is Tiger Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Tiger Primary School is Good, from an inspection in October 2023.

When was Tiger Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Tiger Primary School was last inspected in October 2023.

How many pupils does Tiger Primary School have?

Tiger Primary School has 392 pupils on roll.

What age range does Tiger Primary School cover?

Tiger Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Tiger Primary School?

Tiger Primary School is at Boughton Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 9QL.