St Margaret's, Collier Street Church of England Voluntary Controlled School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Tonbridge, Kent·TN12 9RR
Composite score
38.4
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#11,438
National rank
#1709
In South East
#338
In Kent
Top 77%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
59%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
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%
15 first choices, 17 places
First choices per place
0.88
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
49
any preference, for 17 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Margaret's, Collier Street Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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
121
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
6.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
7.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
9.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,996
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

St Margaret's, Collier Street Church of England Voluntary Controlled School is a primary school serving Tonbridge, Kent, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. It has 121 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 59% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 6.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half 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). St Margaret's, Collier Street Church of England Voluntary Controlled School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 15 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.2%. There are about 20.7 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 7% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. St Margaret's, Collier Street Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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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