Foundation school · Kent

Long Mead Community Primary School

2–11Ages
143Pupils
PrimaryPhase
118575URN

Waveney Road, Tonbridge, TN10 3JU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.6per place

0.8 below Kent median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Kent

23 applications for 14 places

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

47%met the expected standard

Kent 65% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 1 April 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
Area	Good	Requires improvement
Quality of education		Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management	Good
Early years provision	Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

1.6applications per place, Reception

0.8 below Kent median (2.4) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

23 applications · 14 places offered · 13 named it first

2026 1.6; Kent median median 2.4
2025 1.8; Kent median median 2.3
2024 2.2; Kent median median 2.4
2023 1.8; Kent median median 2.3
2022 1.5; Kent median median 2.1
2021 1.1; Kent median median 2.2
2020 1.6; Kent median median 2.2
2019 1.1; Kent median median 2.1
2018 1.0; Kent median median 2.1
2017 1.0; Kent median median 2.2
2016 1.0; Kent median median 2.5
2015 2.0; Kent median median 2.4
2014 1.1; Kent median median 2.3

More applications per place than the Kent median in 0 of 13 years.

This school
Kent median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	14	23	1.6	13	0.93
Sep 2025	9	16	1.8	6	0.67
Sep 2024	13	28	2.2	12	0.92
Sep 2023	12	22	1.8	11	0.92
Sep 2022	19	28	1.5	13	0.68
Sep 2021	19	20	1.1	10	0.53
Sep 2020	11	17	1.6	11	1.00
Sep 2019	14	15	1.1	13	0.93
Sep 2018	23	23	1.0	19	0.83
Sep 2017	30	30	1.0	14	0.47
Sep 2016	30	30	1.0	8	0.27
Sep 2015	20	39	2.0	19	0.95
Sep 2014	30	32	1.1	16	0.53

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 68% · Writing 47% · Maths 63% → all three 47% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard47%356th of 421 in Kent

Kent 65% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard68%

Kent 78% England 78%

Higher standard32%

Kent 35% England 33%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard47%

Kent 77% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Kent 15% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard63%

Kent 75% England 77%

Higher standard32%

Kent 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 109 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Kent median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	47%	0%	104	109
2023/24	44%	6%	105	105
2022/23	50%	0%	103	105

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Long Mead Community Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.6applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School
0.4 km · Kent

Good2022

2.0applications per place 86%met the SATs standard
Cage Green Primary School
0.9 km · Kent

Good2023

2.3applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
Woodlands Primary School
1.6 km · Kent

Standards maintained2024

1.9applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
Slade Primary School and Attached Unit for Children with Hearing Impairment
1.7 km · Kent

Good2024

3.4applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
Stocks Green Primary School
1.7 km · Kent

Remains Good2024

2.9applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
Hildenborough Church of England Primary School
2.2 km · Kent

Remains Good2023

3.1applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Sussex Road Community Primary School
2.6 km · Kent

2026

2.6applications per place 85%met the SATs standard
Royal Rise Primary School
2.8 km · Kent

2026

3.1applications per place 73%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Foundation school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 118575 · 886/2662
Capacity: 210 pupils · 143 on roll
Free school meals: 60.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Address: Waveney Road, Tonbridge, TN10 3JU
Local authority: Kent · Tonbridge and Malling

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources