St Margaret's, Collier Street Church of England Voluntary Controlled SchoolBrenchley and Matfield Church of England Primary School

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

Summary of the comparison

St Margaret's, Collier Street Church of England Voluntary Controlled School and Brenchley and Matfield Church of England Primary School are primary schools in Tonbridge.

St Margaret's, Collier Street Church of England Voluntary Controlled School scores 64 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Brenchley and Matfield Church of England Primary School scores 60 out of 100 (grade C, average). St Margaret's, Collier Street Church of England Voluntary Controlled School is ahead on our composite score.
St Margaret's, Collier Street Church of England Voluntary Controlled School was judged Good and Brenchley and Matfield 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 59.0% for St Margaret's, Collier Street Church of England Voluntary Controlled School and 67.0% for Brenchley and Matfield Church of England Primary School.
The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at St Margaret's, Collier Street Church of England Voluntary Controlled School (71.0% in 2022-23, 59.0% in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at Brenchley and Matfield Church of England Primary School (65.0% in 2022-23, 67.0% in 2024-25).

St Margaret's, Collier Street Church of England Voluntary Controlled School versus Brenchley and Matfield Church of England Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	TonbridgeSt Margaret's, Collier Street Church of England Voluntary Controlled School	TonbridgeBrenchley and Matfield Church of England Primary School	England average
Overview
Our score	C64/100Stronger figure	C60/100
Local ranking	131st of 445 in Kent Stronger figure	175th of 445 in Kent
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Good
School type	Voluntary controlled school	Academy converter
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	4-11	4-11
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	123	209
Capacity	120	210
Location	Tonbridge, TN12 9RR	Tonbridge, TN12 7NY
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard	59.0%	67.0% Stronger figure	62.0%
At higher standard	0.0%	19.0% Stronger figure	8.0%
Reading average scaled score	108.0 Stronger figure	107.0	106.0
Maths average scaled score	105.0	106.0 Stronger figure	105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census	121	204
Free school meals (ever 6)	6.6%	13.2%
English as an additional language	7.4%	2.9%
SEN support	16.5%	10.3%
SEN with an EHC plan	1.6%	0.5%
Attendance
Overall absence	4.8% Stronger figure	4.8%	6.2%
Persistent absence	13.0%	12.3% Stronger figure	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.