Tymberwood Academy

Tymberwood Academy continues to perform well as a good school, providing a vibrant and supportive environment for its pupils. The school is noted for its inclusivity, especially in accommodating pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), who receive tailored support to engage fully in school life. Pupils enjoy a wide array of extracurricular activities and display a strong understanding of their responsibilities towards others. Leaders are ambitious, striving to offer a broad curriculum while ensuring a strong emphasis on literacy, particularly phonics, which is effectively taught from early years.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and cared for in a supportive school environment.
• High expectations from leaders and teachers contribute to positive learning experiences.
• Children benefit from excellent phonics instruction and a love for reading.
• Inclusive support for pupils with SEND allows for full participation in school activities.
• Pupils engage positively with the diverse curriculum and extracurricular opportunities.

Areas for Improvement

• Learning outcomes in some foundation subjects are not as consistent as in English and mathematics.

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 Tymberwood Academy attended 92.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 24.4% 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, 0.7% of pupils at Tymberwood Academy 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 Tymberwood Academy had 23.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 23.3% 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, 20.3% of pupils at Tymberwood Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 9 pupils.

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 Tymberwood Academy received £7,106 and spent £6,703 for each of its 391 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £89,000 (£228 per pupil).

Across all 65 schools of Reach2 Academy Trust, income was £7,346 and spending £7,105 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 Gravesend · Kent local authority: places and applications

Tymberwood Academy is part of Reach2 Academy Trust, which runs 65 schools. The nearest others:

• Copperfield Academy Gravesend
• Purfleet Primary Academy Purfleet-On-Thames
• Brampton Primary Academy Bexleyheath
• Langtons Junior Academy Hornchurch
• Concordia Academy Romford
• Dorothy Barley Junior Academy Dagenham
• Kemsley Primary Academy Sittingbourne
• Milton Court Primary Academy Sittingbourne
• Tidemill Academy London
• Chigwell Primary Academy Chigwell

What is Tymberwood Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Tymberwood Academy is Good, from an inspection in April 2022.

When was Tymberwood Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Tymberwood Academy was last inspected in April 2022.

How many pupils does Tymberwood Academy have?

Tymberwood Academy has 394 pupils on roll.

What age range does Tymberwood Academy cover?

Tymberwood Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Tymberwood Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Tymberwood Academy?

Tymberwood Academy is at Cerne Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 4BN.