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Long Mead Community Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

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location_onTonbridge, TN10 3JU

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2025

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Students

128

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Expected Standard

47%

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Demand Ratio

0.9x

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Long Mead Community Primary School is a Foundation school primary school in Tonbridge, serving ages 2-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 85% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Long Mead Community Primary School is a foundation school in Tonbridge, Kent, admitting pupils aged 2-11. The school has approximately 122 pupils on roll, of whom 57% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 47% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined. The school ranks #324 of 424 primaries in Kent and #10,849 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2025. The school's current overall rating is Good. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Requires improvement, behaviour and attitudes Good, personal development Good, and leadership and management Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.9× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 14.3:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 4.6 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

47%

LA 61%

Reading68% LA 74%

Writing47% LA 72%

Maths63% LA 70%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

109

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

44%

LA 60%England 61%

Reading67% LA 75% · Eng 74%

Writing44% LA 73% · Eng 72%

Maths72% LA 69% · Eng 73%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

101

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

50%

LA 58%England 60%

Reading53% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Writing63% LA 72% · Eng 71%

Maths73% LA 69% · Eng 73%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

101

Progress (0 = national avg)

-2.8

Read

LA -0.4

-5.3 to -0.4

-3.3

Write

LA -0.2

-5.7 to -1.0

-1.4

Maths

LA -1.2

-3.7 to 0.9

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

52%

LA 67%England 65%

Reading59% LA 75% · Eng 73%

Writing70% LA 81% · Eng 78%

Maths67% LA 77% · Eng 79%

Read SS

101

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

103

Progress (0 = national avg)

-2.3

Read

LA 0.0

-4.8 to 0.3

-1.3

Write

LA 0.1

-3.6 to 1.0

-3.0

Maths

LA -0.6

-5.2 to -0.8

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

60%

LA 65%

Reading60% LA 76%

Writing72% LA 80%

Maths68% LA 73%

Read SS

101

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

102

Progress (0 = national avg)

-2.1

Read

LA 0.0

-4.5 to 0.3

0.3

Write

LA 0.4

-2 to 2.6

0.5

Maths

LA -0.5

-1.7 to 2.7

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

01 April 2025

Inspection Report

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17 September 2019

Inspection Report

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16 May 2017

Inspection Report

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23 January 2014

Inspection Report

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13 December 2012

Inspection Report

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08 March 2011

Inspection Report

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09 February 2010

Inspection Report

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10 January 2007

Inspection Report

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19 October 2005

Inspection Report

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18 May 2005

Inspection Report

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29 November 2004

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

4 Evaluations

2025-04-01

S5 Inspection EIF

Not Judged

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Why no overall grade?

From autumn 2024, Ofsted stopped issuing a single headline grade (Outstanding / Good / RI / Inadequate). Instead, each inspection area is graded individually. This follows a major review after the death of headteacher Ruth Perry in 2023. The overall effectiveness field is left as "Not judged" in the published data.

Education

Requires improvement

Behaviour

Good

Development

Good

Leadership

Good

2019-09-17

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 EIF

Good

Education

Good

Behaviour

Good

Development

Good

Leadership

Good

2017-05-16

Maintained Academy and School Short inspection Legacy

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

2014-01-23

None Legacy

Good

Education

Good

Behaviour

Development

Leadership

Good

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

4.9%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

2.5%(3 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 122 pupils. During this period, there were 6 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 4.9%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2024/25 (Spring term)	122	6	4.9%	0.8%	0
2024/25 (Autumn term)	116	5	4.3%	0.9%	0
2023/24 (Summer term)	130	12	9.2%	0.8%	0
2023/24 (Spring term)	120	2	1.7%	0.7%	0
2023/24 (Autumn term)	113	0	0.0%	0.8%	0
2022/23 (Summer term)	141	9	6.4%	0.7%	1
2022/23 (Spring term)	128	6	4.7%	0.6%	0
2022/23 (Autumn term)	125	8	6.4%	0.6%	0
2021/22 (Summer term)	135	5	3.7%	0.5%	1
2021/22 (Spring term)	137	9	6.6%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Autumn term)	137	5	3.6%	0.5%	0
2020/21 (Summer term)	156	10	6.4%	0.4%	0
2020/21 (Spring term)	144	4	2.8%	0.1%	0
2020/21 (Autumn term)	140	1	0.7%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Summer term)	153	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
2019/20 (Spring term)	153	4	2.6%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Autumn term)	144	2	1.4%	0.6%	0
2018/19 (Summer term)	162	4	2.5%	0.4%	0
2018/19 (Spring term)	150	5	3.3%	0.5%	0
2018/19 (Autumn term)	154	3	1.9%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Summer term)	177	11	6.2%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Spring term)	169	5	3.0%	0.4%	0
2017/18 (Autumn term)	166	10	6.0%	0.5%	0
2016/17 (Summer term)	197	7	3.6%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Spring term)	190	1	0.5%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Autumn term)	187	0	0.0%	0.5%	0

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Speech, Language & Communication 21 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 11 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 7 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 6 pupils

Severe Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

Other Difficulty/Disability 1 pupils