The Slade, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 1HR
10 reasons to choose Slade Primary School
Top line
Slade Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 70. It is one of the best state primary schools in Tonbridge and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 1 mile.
School fundamentals
Slade Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is a community school. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2024) inspection. It is one of the 20 most oversubscribed state primary schools for first preference Reception place applications in the Kent LEA.
Average class size
Slade Primary School has two classes per year, and an average class size of 30 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Slade Primary School achieves above average attainment results. By the same measure, progress scores are around the national average.
The Slade Primary School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French. Core subjects are taught separately, but foundation subjects, such as geography and history, are taught as half-termly cross-curricular topics. School has a Deaf Child Unit with 4 staff, children are fully integrated into school, and classrooms are furnished with appropriate acoustic facilities. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers, Forest School for all year groups and a residential trip in Year 6.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Slade Primary School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Slade Primary School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir and orchestra. There may be an occasional extra-curricular performing arts or arts & crafts club.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 7.30am to 5.30pm.
Find another school near Slade Primary School
Hilden Grange School (0.7 miles); Hilden Oaks School (0.7 miles); Somerhill (1.7 miles).
St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School, Tonbridge (1.7 miles); St Thomas’ Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks (7 miles); Otford Primary School (10 miles).
Tonbridge School (0.4 miles); Sackville School (2.4 miles); Kent College Pembury (4.3 miles).
The Judd School (1.1 miles); Tonbridge Grammar School (1.2 miles); Weald of Kent Grammar School (1.3 miles).