St Margaret's, Collier Street Church of England Voluntary Controlled School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Tonbridge · TN12 9RR · Kent
Ages 4–11
- KS265%
- Absence4.2%
- FSM10.6%
- Demand0.88
1.8 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 148116
Leigh Academy Marden
Academy converter · Tonbridge · TN12 9JX
Ages 4–11 · 323 pupils · Kent
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
79%
Overall absence
5.8%
Admissions demand
0.98 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-02-28
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)79%
Higher standard (RWM)9%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 107.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.8%
Persistent absence (10%+)14.6%
Unauthorised1.5%
- Authorised absence
- 4.3%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.4%
- Enrolments in measure
- 260
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.98 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
53
Places offered
54
1st-preference offers
53
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 93
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 54
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill117%
323 pupils · 275 places
- Pupils on roll
- 323
- Boys / girls
- 165 / 158
- School capacity
- 275
- Capacity fill
- 323 / 275 (117%)
- Free school meals
- 33.1%
- FSM pupils
- 107
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: LEIGH ACADEMIES TRUST
- Academy trust
- LEIGH ACADEMIES TRUST
- Sponsor
- Leigh Academies Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Stephanie Goodall
Location
- Address
- Goudhurst Road, Marden
- Postcode
- TN12 9JX
- Town
- Tonbridge
- County
- Kent
- Local authority
- Kent
- District
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 4–11, in Tonbridge, Kent, 323 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 33.1%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Staplehurst School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Tonbridge · TN12 0LZ · Kent
Ages 4–11
- KS245%
- Absence7.0%
- FSM22.4%
- Demand1.00
2.8 miles away
Other independent school
Cranbrook · TN17 1LB · Kent
Ages 11–18
- Att821.7
- EM5+0%
2.6 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Stephanie Goodall
- Telephone
- 01622831393