# South Borough Primary School

South Borough Primary School is a primary school in Maidstone, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 448 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E141650. [Maidstone](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 448
- Council: Maidstone
- URN: 141650

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, April 2023
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 26 April 2023
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 77% of pupils at South Borough Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in Kent and 62% in England.
15% 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 | 77% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 15% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107 | 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Maidstone Grammar School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/maidstone-grammar-school-e118835): 320 m. Secondary. Standards maintained, October 2024. Attainment 8 of 67.0 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Park Way Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/park-way-primary-school-e118302): 630 m. Primary. School remains Good, July 2024. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Archbishop Courtenay Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/archbishop-courtenay-primary-school-e139822): 790 m. Primary. Good (overall), June 2023. 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Maidstone, St Michael's Church of England Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/maidstone-st-michaels-church-of-england-junior-school-e118625): 1.2 km. Primary. School remains Good, November 2023. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Michael's Church of England Infant School Maidstone](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-michaels-church-of-england-infant-school-maidstone-e118626): 1.2 km. Primary. Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade
- [MEPA ACADEMY](https://openindex.co.uk/school/mepa-academy-e148632): 1.3 km. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/141650)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/141650)

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