Capel Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Tonbridge, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.361 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Capel Primary School is a primary school in Tonbridge, Kent for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 15 May 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Capel Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 3.361 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026, the last child offered a Reception place lived 3.361 miles away, the 151st longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further than in 2025 and nearer than in 2024, and it swung sharply between some years, the biggest move being from 2024 to 2025.
- For 2026 Reception there were 24 first-choice applications for 28 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 38% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Five Oak Green Road, Five Oak Green, Tonbridge, TN12 6RP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 209 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 15 May 2024
Strengths
- “The school places well-being at the heart of pupils’ experience.”
- “Pupils feel known and cared for individually.”
- “Staff help them to learn about staying safe on the road, the railway, or online.”
To improve
- “In some subjects, teachers’ assessment is not as secure, so this leads to gaps in some pupils’ learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 June 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 38% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 24 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 24 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kent.
- Leigh Academy Paddock Wood 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Pembury School 2.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bishop Chavasse Primary School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Royal Rise Primary School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- East Peckham Primary School 2.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Skinners' Kent Primary School 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brenchley and Matfield Church of England Primary School 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hadlow Primary School 3.0 mi Not judged Last distance published