Hollingbourne Primary SchoolKingswood Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Maidstone.

Summary of the comparison

Hollingbourne Primary School and Kingswood Primary School are primary schools in Maidstone.

  • Hollingbourne Primary School scores 61 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Kingswood Primary School scores 51 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Hollingbourne Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Hollingbourne Primary School was judged Good and Kingswood 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 53.0% for Hollingbourne Primary School and 58.0% for Kingswood Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Hollingbourne Primary School (73.0% in 2022-23, 53.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Kingswood Primary School (50.0% in 2022-23, 58.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Hollingbourne Primary School versus Kingswood Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure MaidstoneHollingbourne Primary SchoolMaidstoneKingswood Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC61/100Stronger figureD51/100
Local ranking155th of 450 in Kent Stronger figure267th of 450 in Kent
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Community school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll100 130
Capacity105 140
LocationMaidstone, ME17 1UA Maidstone, ME17 3QF
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard53.0% 58.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard7.0% 11.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score105.0 107.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score102.0 103.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census100 130
Free school meals (ever 6)22.0% 15.4%
English as an additional language2.0% 6.9%
SEN support13.0% 21.5%
SEN with an EHC plan3.0% 3.1%
Attendance
Overall absence4.7% Stronger figure5.9% 6.2%
Persistent absence13.5% Stronger figure13.9% 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.

Hollingbourne Primary School

Kingswood Primary School

Full profiles: Hollingbourne Primary School · Kingswood Primary School