Barming Primary School
Primary schoolBarming Primary School is a primary school in Maidstone, for pupils aged 2 to 11. It had 480 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 24 September 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 48% of pupils at Barming Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in Kent and 62% in England.
5% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Kent | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 48% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 5% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Bower Grove SchoolSpecial. Standards maintained, November 20241.1 km
- Jubilee Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- West Borough Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, October 2022. 47% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
- St Helens Montessori SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1.4 km
- St Francis' Catholic Primary School, MaidstonePrimary. Good (overall), March 2024, before the school changed1.8 km
- St Simon Stock Catholic SchoolSecondary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 42.0 (2025/26, provisional)1.8 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Maidstone
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).