Royal Rise Primary School
Royal Rise, Tonbridge, TN9 2DQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- CYGNUS ACADEMIES TRUST
- Head of School
- Mrs Sarah Griggs
- Sponsor
- Cygnus Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Tonbridge
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 204
- URN
- 144615
- Local authority
- Kent
- Telephone
- 01732354143
About this school
Royal Rise Primary School is a primary academy in Tonbridge. It teaches children aged 5 to 11 and has 204 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Royal Rise Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 63% | 43% | 73% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 10% | 17% |
| Expected standard in reading | 70% | 63% | 80% |
| Expected standard in maths | 70% | 67% | 87% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 70% | 57% | 83% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 103.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 104.0 | 111.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.50 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Royal Rise Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Kent average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 63% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 43% | 60.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 73% | 60.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 203 |
| 2023/24 | 195 |
| 2024/25 | 197 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Royal Rise Primary School compares
Royal Rise Primary School ranked 119th of 427 primary schools in Kent for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 73% | 5.7% | 38.1% | 204 | — |
| Bishop Chavasse Primary School | 65% | 5% | 23.8% | 371 | 0.5 miles |
| Slade Primary School and Attached Unit for Children with Hearing Impairment | 64% | 4.7% | 16.3% | 419 | 0.7 miles |
| Sussex Road Community Primary School | 85% | 3.4% | 9.8% | 422 | 0.7 miles |
| Cage Green Primary School | 57% | 5.4% | 50% | 208 | 1.7 miles |
| Long Mead Community Primary School | 47% | 7% | 56.6% | 143 | 1.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report10 February 2026
- 14 September 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 38.07%
- English as an additional language
- 34.5%
- Overall absence
- 5.7%
- Persistent absence
- 13.81%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Bishop Chavasse Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Tonbridge
-
Slade Primary School and Attached Unit for Children with Hearing Impairment0.7 miles
Primary · Tonbridge
-
Sussex Road Community Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Tonbridge
-
Cage Green Primary School1.7 miles
Primary · Tonbridge
-
Long Mead Community Primary School1.7 miles
Primary · Tonbridge
Other schools in Tonbridge
Royal Rise Primary School ranks 8th of the 22 ranked primary schools in Tonbridge.
- Bishop Chavasse Primary School Primary
- Brenchley and Matfield Church of England Primary School Primary
- Cage Green Primary School Primary
- Capel Primary School Primary
- East Peckham Primary School Primary
- Hadlow Primary School Primary
- Hildenborough Church of England Primary School Primary
- Leigh Academy Horsmonden Primary
- Leigh Academy Marden Primary
- Leigh Academy Paddock Wood Primary
- Leigh Primary School Primary
- Long Mead Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Royal Rise Primary School teach?
- Royal Rise Primary School teaches children aged 5 to 11. It is a primary school in Tonbridge.
- Who is the head of school of Royal Rise Primary School?
- The head of school of Royal Rise Primary School is Mrs Sarah Griggs, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Royal Rise Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Royal Rise Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Royal Rise Primary School?
- Royal Rise Primary School has 204 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- Is Royal Rise Primary School full?
- Royal Rise Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 204 on roll (97%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Royal Rise Primary School a faith school?
- No. Royal Rise Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Royal Rise Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Royal Rise Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Is Royal Rise Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Royal Rise Primary School is part of CYGNUS ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Royal Rise Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 63% in 2022/23 and 73% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Royal Rise Primary School compare with other schools in Kent?
- Royal Rise Primary School ranked 119th of 427 primary schools in Kent for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Royal Rise Primary School's absence rate?
- Royal Rise Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Royal Rise Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Royal Rise Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 3 July 2026.