St Mark's Church of England Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Tunbridge Wells, Kent·TN4 8LN
Composite score
50.0
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#7,266
National rank
#1083
In South East
#231
In Kent
Top 49%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
68%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
21 first choices, 32 places
First choices per place
0.66
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
53
any preference, for 32 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.04
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1 per place
0.7020220.7820230.8220240.7020250.662026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Mark's Church of England Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
359
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
28.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
9.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,415
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About St Mark's Church of England Primary School

St Mark's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. Around 359 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. 68% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 6.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Mark's Church of England Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 32 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.7%. There are about 19.3 pupils per teacher. St Mark's Church of England Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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