# Southborough CofE Primary School

Southborough CofE Primary School is a primary school in Tunbridge Wells, for pupils aged 5 to 11.

It had 631 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E118712. [Tunbridge Wells](https://openindex.co.uk/tunbridge-wells)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Voluntary controlled school
- Ages: 5 to 11
- Pupils: 631
- Council: Tunbridge Wells
- URN: 118712

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, March 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 27 March 2024
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, 73% of pupils at Southborough CofE Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in Kent and 62% in England.
19% 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 | 73% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 19% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 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.

- [St Gregory's Catholic School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-gregorys-catholic-school-e140640): 620 m. Secondary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 44.8 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys](https://openindex.co.uk/school/tunbridge-wells-grammar-school-for-boys-e118790): 770 m. Secondary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 64.5 (2025/26, provisional)
- [OA Tunbridge Wells](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oa-tunbridge-wells-e151544): 890 m. Pupil referral and alternative provision. Inadequate (overall), February 2024, before the school changed, special measures
- [Meadows School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/meadows-school-e119029): 1.1 km. Special. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade
- [St Augustine's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-augustines-catholic-primary-school-e144836): 1.1 km. Primary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/tunbridge-wells-girls-grammar-school-e118789): 1.2 km. Secondary. Outstanding (overall), September 2023. Attainment 8 of 72.5 (2025/26, provisional)

## 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/118712)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/118712)

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