St Barnabas CofE VA Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D48
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Tunbridge Wells, TN1 2EY
- Distance
- 0.8km away
The Wells Free School
King Charles Square, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 8FA
Local ranking210th of 450 primary schools in Kent
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
210
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 68.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 6.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 74.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 71.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 84.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 74.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 106.0
- Cohort Size
- 31
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 212
- Boys
- 123 (58%)
- Girls
- 89 (42%)
- Capacity
- 210 (101% full)
- SEND
- 16.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 18.9%
- EAL
- 49.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.8%
- SEN Support
- 13.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 11.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,750/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 7.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- Not applicable
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 41.4%
- White Other: 18.1%
- Asian Indian: 13.8%
- Mixed Other: 6.7%
- Other: 5.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.9%
- Asian Chinese: 2.9%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.9%
41.4%
White British
18.1%
White Other
13.8%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
King Charles Square
Tunbridge Wells, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 139696
- UKPRN
- 10041721
- Establishment No.
- 2025
- Trust
- THE WELLS FREE SCHOOL
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Score
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- Phase
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Score
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Score
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- Phase
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Ofsted: Expected
Score
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- Phase
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- Distance
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