Speldhurst Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School[1]
Primary · ages 4–11
Headline results
- KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
- KS2 81% 81% 2024/25[2]
Results
Primary (key stage 2)
- Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 81% 2024/25[2]
- Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 29% 2024/25[2]
- Reading, average scaled score
- 114 2024/25[2]
- Maths, average scaled score
- 109 2024/25[2]
- All results, 2021/22
- Not published[3]
- All results, 2020/21
- Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
- All results, 2019/20
- Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
| Year | Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) | Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) | Reading, average scaled score | Maths, average scaled score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 81%[4] | 16%[4] | 111[4] | 107[4] |
| 2022/23 | 83%[5] | 17%[5] | 111[5] | 108[5] |
| 2018/19 | 93%[6] | 22%[6] | 109[6] | 109[6] |
| 2017/18 | 91%[7] | 27%[7] | 110[7] | 108[7] |
Ofsted
- Latest inspection
- 25 Feb 2025[8]
- Type
- S5 Inspection[8]
- Report published
- 13 Mar 2025[8]
- Personal development
- Outstanding[8]
- Quality of education
- Outstanding[8]
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding[8]
- Safeguarding is effective?
- Yes[8]
- Early years provision (where applicable)
- Outstanding[8]
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Outstanding[8]
Competition to get in
Applications and offers, Reception
- Applications per place
- 4.8 Entry Sept 2026[9]
- Applications (any preference)
- 144 Entry Sept 2026[9]
- First preferences
- 44 Entry Sept 2026[9]
- Places offered
- 30 Entry Sept 2026[9]
- First preferences per place
- 1.5 Entry Sept 2026[9]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 140[9] | 39[9] | 30[9] | 4.7[9] | 1.3[9] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 147[9] | 35[9] | 30[9] | 4.9[9] | 1.2[9] |
| Entry Sept 2023 | 132[9] | 36[9] | 30[9] | 4.4[9] | 1.2[9] |
| Entry Sept 2022 | 127[9] | 35[9] | 30[9] | 4.2[9] | 1.2[9] |
Admissions
- Places (published admission number)
- 30 2026-10-14[10]
- Sibling priority
- Current Family Association 2026-10-14[10]
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Voluntary aided school[1]
- Ages
- 4–11[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Faith
- Church of England[1]
- Sixth form
- No[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 210[1]
- Local authority
- Kent[1]
- Website
- http://www.speldhurst.kent.sch.uk[1]
- District
- Tunbridge Wells[11]
- Postcode
- TN3 0NP[1]
- URN
- 118607[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 213 2024/25[12]
- English as an additional language
- 5.2% 2024/25[12]
- SEN support
- 6.6% 2024/25[12]
- EHC plan
- 0.9% 2024/25[12]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 6.1% 2024/25[12]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 85.8%[13]
- Mixed
- 10.4%[13]
- Asian
- 1.4%[13]
- Black
- 0.5%[13]
- Any other ethnic group
- 0.9%[13]
- Unclassified
- 0.9%[13]
The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.
Sources
- Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22.
Archived copy; original.
Licence: OGL-3.0.
Quotes (2)
We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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kent.gov.uk: kent.gov.uk — Speldhurst Church of England Primary School admissions criteria 2027-2028 (PDF). Period 2026-10-14.
Licence: OGL-3.0.
Quotes (2)
The school has a Published Admission Number for pupils in each new year group at Speldhurst Church of England Aided Primary School of 30. (p. 1)
Current Family Association. A brother or sister in the same school at the time of entry where the family continue to live at the same address as when the sibling was admitted - or - if they have moved - live within 2 miles of the school, or have moved to a property that is nearer to the school than the previous property as defined by the 'Nearness' criterion (below). (p. 2)
- Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.