Tubbenden Primary SchoolDarrick Wood Junior School

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

Summary of the comparison

Tubbenden Primary School and Darrick Wood Junior School are primary schools in Orpington.

  • Tubbenden Primary School scores 76 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Darrick Wood Junior School scores 60 out of 100 (grade C, average). Tubbenden Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Tubbenden Primary School was judged Good and Darrick Wood Junior 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 78.0% for Tubbenden Primary School and 65.0% for Darrick Wood Junior School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Tubbenden Primary School (83.0% in 2022-23, 78.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at Darrick Wood Junior School (72.0% in 2022-23, 65.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Tubbenden Primary School versus Darrick Wood Junior School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure OrpingtonTubbenden Primary SchoolOrpingtonDarrick Wood Junior SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreB76/100Stronger figureC60/100
Local ranking17th of 75 in Bromley Stronger figure44th of 75 in Bromley
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 7-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll667 377
Capacity654 384
LocationOrpington, BR6 9SD Orpington, BR6 8ER
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard78.0% Stronger figure65.0% 62.0%
At higher standard9.0% 12.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score109.0 Stronger figure106.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score109.0 Stronger figure106.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census667 377
Free school meals (ever 6)7.5% 14.1%
English as an additional language21.9% 23.3%
SEN support14.4% 15.7%
SEN with an EHC plan7.5% 5.3%
Attendance
Overall absence4.4% Stronger figure5.1% 6.2%
Persistent absence7.9% Stronger figure11.4% 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.

Tubbenden Primary School

Darrick Wood Junior School

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