Frant Church of England Primary SchoolSt Mark's Church of England Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Tunbridge Wells.

Summary of the comparison

Frant Church of England Primary School and St Mark's Church of England Primary School are primary schools in Tunbridge Wells.

  • Frant Church of England Primary School scores 51 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and St Mark's Church of England Primary School scores 55 out of 100 (grade C, average). St Mark's Church of England Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Frant Church of England Primary School was judged Good and St Mark's Church of England Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 50.0% for Frant Church of England Primary School and 68.0% for St Mark's Church of England Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Frant Church of England Primary School (67.0% in 2022-23, 50.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at St Mark's Church of England Primary School (62.0% in 2022-23, 68.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Frant Church of England Primary School versus St Mark's Church of England Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure Tunbridge WellsFrant Church of England Primary SchoolTunbridge WellsSt Mark's Church of England Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD51/100C55/100Stronger figure
Local ranking67th of 136 in East Sussex 232nd of 450 in Kent
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeVoluntary controlled school Voluntary controlled school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll96 359
Capacity105 420
LocationTunbridge Wells, TN3 9DX Tunbridge Wells, TN4 8LN
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard50.0% 68.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard0.0% 5.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score107.0 108.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score101.0 105.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census96 359
Free school meals (ever 6)7.3% 21.4%
English as an additional language11.5% 28.4%
SEN support14.6% 11.4%
SEN with an EHC plan2.1% 2.2%
Attendance
Overall absence4.0% Stronger figure4.7% 6.2%
Persistent absence7.1% Stronger figure10.3% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Frant Church of England Primary School

St Mark's Church of England Primary School

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