Slade Primary School and Attached Unit for Children with Hearing ImpairmentSussex Road Community Primary School

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

Summary of the comparison

Slade Primary School and Attached Unit for Children with Hearing Impairment and Sussex Road Community Primary School are primary schools in Tonbridge.

  • Slade Primary School and Attached Unit for Children with Hearing Impairment scores 56 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Sussex Road Community Primary School scores 81 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Sussex Road Community Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Slade Primary School and Attached Unit for Children with Hearing Impairment was judged Good and Sussex Road Community Primary School was judged strong.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 64.0% for Slade Primary School and Attached Unit for Children with Hearing Impairment and 85.0% for Sussex Road Community Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at Slade Primary School and Attached Unit for Children with Hearing Impairment (63.0% in 2022-23, 64.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Sussex Road Community Primary School (80.0% in 2022-23, 85.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Slade Primary School and Attached Unit for Children with Hearing Impairment versus Sussex Road Community Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure TonbridgeSlade Primary School and Attached Unit for Children with Hearing ImpairmentTonbridgeSussex Road Community Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC56/100B81/100Stronger figure
Local ranking225th of 450 in Kent 11th of 450 in Kent Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: StrongStronger figure
School typeCommunity school Community school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 5-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll418 420
Capacity420 420
LocationTonbridge, TN9 1HR Tonbridge, TN9 2TP
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard64.0% 85.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard10.0% 32.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score107.0 110.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score105.0 109.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census418 420
Free school meals (ever 6)16.3% 9.8%
English as an additional language29.7% 20.2%
SEN support8.8% 16.2%
SEN with an EHC plan4.8% 0.7%
Attendance
Overall absence4.7% 3.4% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence10.7% 4.9% Stronger figure15.8%

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.

Slade Primary School and Attached Unit for Children with Hearing Impairment

Sussex Road Community Primary School

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