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St Augustine's Catholic Primary School

verifiedData: DfE & Ofsted 2024/25

personMr Jon Crozier

corporate_fareKENT CATHOLIC SCHOOLS' PARTNERSHIP

location_onTunbridge Wells, TN4 9AL

language Visit Website phone 1892529796

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2015

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Students

287

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Expected Standard

56%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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St Augustine's Catholic Primary School is a Academy converter primary school in Tunbridge Wells, serving ages 5-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 70% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

St Augustine's Catholic Primary School is an academy converter in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, admitting pupils aged 5-11. It is part of KENT CATHOLIC SCHOOLS' PARTNERSHIP. The school has approximately 264 pupils on roll, of whom 20% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 9% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #334 of 424 primaries in Kent and #11,228 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2015. The school's current overall rating is Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 22.2:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 1.1 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: Department for Education 2024/25, Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

56%

LA 61%

Reading67% LA 74%

Writing81% LA 72%

Maths74% LA 70%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

103

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

66%

LA 60%England 61%

Reading81% LA 75% · Eng 74%

Writing77% LA 73% · Eng 72%

Maths74% LA 69% · Eng 73%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

103

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

47%

LA 58%England 60%

Reading81% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Writing62% LA 72% · Eng 71%

Maths60% LA 69% · Eng 73%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

101

GPS SS

102

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.8

Read

LA -0.4

-2.7 to 1.1

-3.2

Write

LA -0.2

-5.0 to -1.3

-2.9

Maths

LA -1.2

-4.7 to -1.1

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

73%

LA 67%England 65%

Reading81% LA 75% · Eng 73%

Writing83% LA 81% · Eng 78%

Maths79% LA 77% · Eng 79%

Read SS

106

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

108

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.1

Read

LA 0.0

-2.9 to 0.7

0.7

Write

LA 0.1

-1.0 to 2.3

-1.2

Maths

LA -0.6

-2.7 to 0.4

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

61%

LA 65%

Reading77% LA 76%

Writing84% LA 80%

Maths70% LA 73%

Read SS

106

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.4

Read

LA 0.0

-2.2 to 1.4

0.2

Write

LA 0.4

-1.6 to 2

-2.8

Maths

LA -0.5

-4.5 to -1.1

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

14 September 2021

Inspection Report

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06 July 2017

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2015-11-12

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2013-07-02

None EIF

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

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

0.0%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

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

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.0%(0 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 264 pupils. During this period, there were 0 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.0%, which is below the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2024/25 (Spring term)	264	0	0.0%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	263	6	2.3%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	278	3	1.1%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	273	1	0.4%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	270	3	1.1%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	296	2	0.7%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	287	0	0.0%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	276	0	0.0%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	297	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	300	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	293	0	0.0%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	300	0	0.0%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	293	0	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	290	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	303	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	303	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	303	0	0.0%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	313	0	0.0%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	313	0	0.0%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	307	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	306	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	309	0	0.0%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	310	1	0.3%	0.5%

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 18 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 9 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 8 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 5 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 2 pupils

Hearing Impairment 1 pupils

Physical Disability 1 pupils