Broadwater Down Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.203 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Broadwater Down Primary School is a primary school in Tunbridge Wells, Kent for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 March 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Broadwater Down 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 | 0.203 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 2024/25, 77% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 17% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its Reception 2026 last distance offered was 0.203 miles, nearer than in 2025 and the 8th shortest of the 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 3 first-choice applications for 6 offers, 0.5 first choices per offer, the 3rd lowest of 426 Kent primary schools.
- Of its pupils, 40.4% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 17.8% across 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
- Broadwater Lane, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 5RP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 109 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 40.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 March 2023
Strengths
- “The school’s values of community, diversity and excellence are deeply rooted here.”
- “Leaders have built trusting and respectful relationships with every pupil.”
- “Pupils receive high-quality pastoral support.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, leaders have not identified what pupils need to learn precisely enough.”
- “Teachers are not always clear enough about the most important knowledge that pupils need to remember.”
- “In these subjects, pupils’ explanations about their work do not always demonstrate a depth or clarity of understanding.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 May 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) | 77% | 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: 3 first-preference applications, 6 offers in total, 3 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.
- St Mark's Church of England Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Claremont Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- The Wells Free School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bishops Down Primary and Nursery School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St James' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Rusthall St Paul's CofE Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Barnabas CofE VA Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published