Long Mead Community Primary School

KentFoundation school

Waveney Road, Tonbridge, TN10 3JU

Headteacher: Mrs Karen FollowsSchool website ↗Pupils: 122 (capacity: 210)
Ofsted inspected
Inspected April 2025
47%
Reading, Writing & Maths
inspected
Inspected April 2025
100%
First-choice offer rate

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 1 April 2025Full report ↗

Not rated

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Quality of Teaching
Requires Improvement
Behaviour in School
Good
Pupils' Wider Development
Good
School Leadership
Good

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
47.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
0.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 68%·Writing 47%·Maths 63%All three 47%
Reading
Expected68%
Exceeding32%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected47%
Exceeding0%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected63%
Exceeding32%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is not oversubscribed.
Supply meets demand.
How many places were offered?
9
How many families wanted this school first?
6
How many got their first choice?
6of 6 (100.0%)
How many applied in total?
16

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
37.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
21.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
32.0%
Boys and girls
53%girls·47%boys
65 girls, 57 boys

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Results Over Time

↑ Peaked at 60% (2017/18), currently 47%

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/1633.0%0.0%-1.2+2.5-3.5
2016/1748.0%10.0%-0.7+1.8-0.6
2017/1860.0%12.0%-2.1+0.3+0.5
2018/1952.0%4.0%-2.3-1.3-3.0
2022/2350.0%0.0%-2.8-3.3-1.4
2023/2444.0%6.0%---
2024/2547.0%0.0%---