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Speldhurst Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

Tunbridge Wells, TN3 0NPPrimaryAges 4–11MixedState
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted inspected
5 Good
Feb 2025
KS2 Results
81%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
1.3×
Oversubscribed
39 1st-choice / 30 places
Ranking
🏆Top 10%
#1286 of 13,686 nationally

About Speldhurst Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

Speldhurst Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School received an Outstanding rating across all five graded areas in its most recent Ofsted inspection, including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. This is a clean sweep of top grades, and the school has held an Outstanding overall effectiveness rating since at least its previous inspection in 2014. The most telling exam metric comes from Key Stage 2 results for the 2023/24 academic year: 81 per cent of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. That figure is well above the Kent local authority average of 63 per cent for primary schools, and it places Speldhurst fourth out of 31 primary schools in the Tunbridge Wells area. Nationally, the school sits in the top ten per cent of all state primaries for this combined measure, which gives a clear sense of the academic strength on offer here.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range4 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterChurch of England
AddressLangton Road, Tunbridge Wells, Tunbridge Wells, TN3 0NP
HeadteacherStephanie Hayward
Local AuthorityKent
Number of Pupils213
Free School Meals (FSM)6.1%
School Capacity213 / 210 (101% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

25 Feb 2025
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Quality of Education
Outstanding
Behaviour & Attitudes
Outstanding
Personal Development
Outstanding
Leadership & Management
Outstanding
Early Years Provision
Outstanding

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer assigns a single overall grade in inspections of state-funded schools.

Source: Ofsted, 13 Mar 2025. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

SEND Support

AutismDyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguagePhysicalOther

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

School day

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Teaching hours

08:55 – 15:15

Breakfast club

07:40-08:35

After-school care

15:15-17:15

Source: speldhurst.kent.sch.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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Speldhurst Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School has been rated "Outstanding" by Ofsted. This means the school provides an exceptional quality of education, and pupils thrive both academically and personally.