Tunbury Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Chatham, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.89 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Tunbury Primary School is a primary school in Chatham, Kent for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 June 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Tunbury 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 | 1.89 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
- For Reception 2026 there were 63 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 58 offers went to first-choice families, and 5 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- For Reception 2026, 66 of the 110 applications (60%) came from families living outside Kent, and 27 offers went to them.
- The last child offered a Reception place for 2026 lived 1.89 miles away, the 195th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance; further than in 2025.
- In 2024/25, 57% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 3% 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
- Tunbury Avenue, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 9HY
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 501 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 June 2023
Strengths
- “Everyone at this school is part of ‘Team Tunbury’.”
- “Leaders have created a collaborative community.”
- “There is a real spirit of togetherness and inclusion.”
To improve
- “However, teachers do not always ensure that these gaps have been addressed effectively before moving pupils on to new learning.”
- “This means that, sometimes, pupils do not always remember what they have learned over time securely.”
- “Pupils recognise that there are rare times when behaviour is not as good as it should be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 July 2023 (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) | 57% | 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: 63 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 58 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.
- Burham Church of England Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mark's Church of England Primary School, Eccles 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bredhurst Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School 2.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wouldham, All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Sandling Primary School 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Paul's Infant School 3.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Valley Invicta Primary School at Holborough Lakes 3.4 mi Not judged Last distance published