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Barming Pre-School and Primary School

Be Kind, Be Safe, Be Responsible And Make Good Choices

Barming Pre-School and Primary School

Be Kind, Be Safe, Be Responsible And Make Good Choices

For details of our 2024 Open Mornings, please visit https://www.barming.kent.sch.uk/reception-admissions-september-2025/
Welcome to Barming Pre-School and Primary School
We are a 2 form entry primary school on the outskirts of Maidstone. It is a co-educational school for children aged 2 to 11 years old. There are currently 416 children on roll.
A Message from the Headteacher
Barming Primary School has so much to offer. Everyone is welcome and children are encouraged to flourish and achieve their goals. Come and find out what we are all about!
Orchard Academy Trust
Barming Primary School is an Academy and is part of the Orchard Trust family of schools. The Trust currently consists of Allington Primary School and Barming Primary School.

Ofsted Report & Performance Data

DATA:

 

EYFS:

 

Current Year: 2023-2024 

Previous Year: 2022-2023 

GLD 

72%72.9%

Word Reading

80%86.4%

Writing 

78.3%76.3%

Number 

85%83.1%

 

 

Phonics:                         

 

Current Year: 2023-2024 

Previous Year: 2022-2023 

Yr 1 Phonics 

90%

74% 

Yr 2 Retakes 

46.6%

63% 

 

KS2: 

 

Current Year: 2023-2024 

Previous Year: 2022-2023 

National 

 

Scale Score 96+

(just below the expected standard)

Scale Score 100+

(expected +)

 

 

Reading 88.1%52.5%57.4%74%

Writing 

 50.8%54.1%

 

SPAG 

79.7%55.9%55.7%

72%  

Maths 

76.3%49.2%47.5%

73%  

Combined 

 37.3%44.3%

 

What does our school data tell you?

 

EYFS

In EYFS our data has remained consistent between 2022/23 and 2023/24 and is above Kent and National figures.

 

School = 71.7% GLD

Kent = 67.8% GLD

National 67.8% GLD

 

This data shows that the children who attend Barming Pre-school and Primary School have a good start to their learning journey.

 

 

KS1

In KS1 there are no more SATs tests and therefore there is nothing to report on for Reading, Writing or Maths.   However, our phonics data for Year 1s is again is above Kent and National figures.

 

School = 90%

Kent = 78.6%

National = 80.2%

 

This data shows that the children who attend Barming Pre-School and Primary School have a good start to their learning journey.

 

 

KS2

In KS2 are data is not where we want it.   The ripples from the Pandemic and three lockdowns has taken its toll on the children's learning journey.   The Pandemic created many gaps in the children's learning which needed to be plugged before progressing through the curriculum.   Many families struggled to support their children during these times, due to work commitments and personal struggles.   These children were in Year 2 when the Pandemic and first lockdown happened and this dramatically impacted on their learning journey.

 

So please be mindful when looking at the KS2 data that these children had to work incredibly hard to catch up on 18 months of lost learning.

 

NB: we included the 96+ scaled scored results to demonstrate that we had many children who just missed out on achieving the expected standard.

 

We have lots of strategies in place to improve our outcomes and as a school we are working with our children and families to improve outcomes.

Please find below our most recent Ofsted reports, and relevant information from the Department for Education Performance Tables. 

Barming Primary School

Attainment and Progress Results 2019/20

 

2019 Results (no data is available for 2020 due to Covid-19 and school closure).

This was a Government decision.

  • Barming Pre-School and Primary School,
  • Belmont Close, Barming,
  • Maidstone, Kent,
  • ME16 9DY
  • 01622 726472
  • office@barming.kent.sch.uk
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