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Borough Green Primary School

Primary · Sevenoaks · TN15 8JZ

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 6 March 2024

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At a glance

208 pupils · 66% of 315 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Foundation school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
22.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
3.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.bgpschool.kent.sch.uk
URN
118847

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 16 families named it first for 19 Reception places, 0.84 first choices per place. We hold 4 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2023 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 6 March 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.84 first-choice applications per place

19 places offered · 16 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

40 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
30%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
3%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
98
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school30%
Median of its 12 closest peers63%
Kent average63.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
St John's Church of England Primary SchoolLiverpool · 206 miles awayGood63%
Penwortham Middleforth Church of England Primary SchoolPreston · 212 miles awayGood61%
Brierley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolBarnsley · 174 miles awayGood86%
St Breock Primary SchoolWadebridge · 231 miles awayGood72%
St Edmund's and St Thomas' Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool · 206 miles awayGood63%
Laburnum Primary SchoolSandy · 63 miles awayExpected standard63%
Crofton Junior SchoolWakefield · 179 miles awayGood70%
Blaby Stokes Church of England Primary SchoolLeicester · 109 miles awayRequires improvement34%
de Vere Primary SchoolHalstead · 50 miles awayGood70%
St Teresa's Catholic Primary SchoolThornton-Cleveleys · 227 miles awayNo current grade43%
Grimoldby Primary SchoolLouth · 144 miles awayGood76%
Rolph Church of England Primary School and NurseryClacton-on-Sea · 54 miles awayNeeds attention27%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 86% (Kent 70%, England 60%) · Any other White background 5% (Kent 7%, England 7%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Kent 1%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Kent 3%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Kent 3%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 1% (Kent 0%, England 1%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Kent 1%, England 0%) · other groups together 3%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
15.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

8.09 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Kent: 3.00 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
16.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

66.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.6 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £47,933; 7.7% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£11,544
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 53% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £245,961; in-year balance -£19,186

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher35.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13%18.1%
In managerial or professional work41.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health54.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier77.9%62.3%
Social housing4.1%17.1%
Privately rented18%20.5%
Detached houses21%22.9%
Flats8.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms24.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van8.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01024725 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£442,500204 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£350,000–£525,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (48)£612,500
Semi-detached (74)£447,500
Terraced (49)£390,000
Flat (33)£230,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
6a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
3a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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