Bishop Chavasse Primary School[1]

Primary · ages 4–11

Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard: KS2 65% 65% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths): 65% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths): 10% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score: 106 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score: 105 2024/25[2]

Earlier years
Year	Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)	Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)	Reading, average scaled score	Maths, average scaled score
2023/24	52%[3]	8%[3]	105[3]	103[3]

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 5 Jul 2022[4]
Type: Schools with Serious Weaknesses Visit 1[4]
Report published: 2 Oct 2022[4]
Personal development: Good[4]
Quality of education: Good[4]
Overall effectiveness: Good[4]
Behaviour and attitudes: Good[4]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[4]
Early years provision (where applicable): Outstanding[4]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[4]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
11 Jan 2022[4]	S5 Inspection[4]	Inadequate[4]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place: 1.9 Entry Sept 2026[5]
Applications (any preference): 99 Entry Sept 2026[5]
First preferences: 38 Entry Sept 2026[5]
Places offered: 53 Entry Sept 2026[5]
First preferences per place: 0.7 Entry Sept 2026[5]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	95[5]	44[5]	60[5]	1.6[5]	0.7[5]
Entry Sept 2024	84[5]	32[5]	41[5]	2.0[5]	0.8[5]
Entry Sept 2023	69[5]	35[5]	38[5]	1.8[5]	0.9[5]
Entry Sept 2022	97[5]	47[5]	60[5]	1.6[5]	0.8[5]

Character & practicalities

Type: Free schools[1]
Ages: 4–11[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Faith: Church of England[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 420[1]
Trust: THE TENAX SCHOOLS TRUST[1]
Local authority: Kent[1]
Website: www.bishopchavasseschool.org.uk [1]
District: Tonbridge and Malling [6]
Postcode: TN11 0FB[1]
URN: 144634[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 362 2024/25[7]
English as an additional language: 18.8% 2024/25[7]
SEN support: 14.1% 2024/25[7]
EHC plan: 2.5% 2024/25[7]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 23.8% 2024/25[7]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 74.4%[8]
Mixed: 9.4%[8]
Asian: 9.4%[8]
Black: 5.7%[8]
Any other ethnic group: 1.1%[8]
Unclassified: 0%[8]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.