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St Mark's Church of England Primary School, Eccles

Tonbridge and Malling, ME20 7HSPrimaryAges 4–11MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Good
Mar 2022
KS2 Results
67%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
1.0×
Not oversubscribed
17 1st-choice / 17 places
Ranking
#5,440
of 13,686 nationally

About St Mark's Church of England Primary School, Eccles

St Mark's Church of England Primary School in Eccles posts a KS2 combined expected standard in reading, writing and maths of 67%, which sits four percentage points above the Kent local authority average of 63% for primary schools. That gap is modest but meaningful, placing the school in the top half of the 459 primaries across the county, ranked 183rd. Within the Tonbridge and Malling borough specifically, it comes 18th out of 41 schools, landing in the 44th percentile. The school's reading average score of 104 and maths average of 100 suggest solid core teaching, though the proportion of pupils reaching the higher standard in maths is just 6%, compared with 22% in reading and 17% in writing. For a small village primary with just 118 pupils on roll, these results indicate consistent, above-average delivery without the standout peaks of the very top performers in the LA.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range4 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterChurch of England
AddressEccles Row, Aylesford, Tonbridge and Malling, ME20 7HS
HeadteacherJonathan Bassett
Local AuthorityKent
Number of Pupils118
Free School Meals (FSM)20.5%
School Capacity118 / 140 (84% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

22 Mar 2022
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Overall Effectiveness
Good
Leadership & Management
Good
Early Years Provision
Good

Latest monitoring visit (22 Mar 2022): School remains Good

Source: Ofsted, 9 Nov 2015. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

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AutismDyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguageLearning Difficulty

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

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St Mark's Church of England Primary School, Eccles has been rated "Good" by Ofsted. This means the school provides a good standard of education and effectively supports all pupils to succeed.