Bishops Down Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.898 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bishops Down Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Tunbridge Wells, Kent for ages 3–11 (community school). Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Bishops Down Primary and Nursery 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 | 1.898 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
- The last child offered a Reception 2026 place lived 1.898 miles away, further than in 2025 and nearer than in 2024; the biggest swing was from 2025 to 2026.
- Reception 2026 drew 13 first-choice applications for 15 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Rydal Drive, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9SU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 194 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 31 March 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy their time at Bishops Down Primary and Nursery School.”
- “From the moment they enter this inclusive school, they experience a warm, happy and caring welcome.”
- “This is because staff develop positive relationships with pupils and their families.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes, pupils do not use and apply their basic skills in spelling, writing and number well enough across the subjects they study.”
- “However, occasionally, teachers do not correct misconceptions in some pupils’ spelling, writing and number knowledge with sufficient precision.”
- “Where this happens, some pupils do not learn as well as they could.”
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) | 67% | 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: 13 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 13 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.
- Rusthall St Paul's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Wells Free School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Southborough CofE Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Barnabas CofE VA Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Speldhurst Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mark's Church of England Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published