Sussex Road Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · Tonbridge, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.538 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Sussex Road Community Primary School is a primary school in Tonbridge, Kent for ages 5–11 (community school). Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Sussex Road Community 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 | 0.538 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
- Reception 2026: the last child offered a place lived 0.538 miles away, the 45th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance, this one included.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and about the same as in 2023, and it swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 74 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 55 offers went to first-choice families, and 19 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 85% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd highest 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
- Sussex Road, Tonbridge, TN9 2TP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 422 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 31 March 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are friendly, confident and safe in this happy and caring school.”
- “They collaborate and play happily across every year group.”
- “Pupils can share any concerns with caring staff and leaders.”
To improve
- “However, attendance for disadvantaged pupils is lower.”
- “They recognise that persistent absence among disadvantaged pupils is increasing, and they are strengthening their strategies to secure consistently high attendance for all pupils.”
- “However, attendance for some disadvantaged pupils, including those eligible for free school meals and some pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities, has declined.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 May 2026 (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) | 85% | 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: 74 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 55 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.
- Slade Primary School and Attached Unit for Children with Hearing Impairment 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Royal Rise Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bishop Chavasse Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Stocks Green Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Long Mead Community Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cage Green Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Bidborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published