Long Mead Community Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 2–11 · Tonbridge, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Long Mead Community Primary School is a primary school in Tonbridge, Kent for ages 2–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 April 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Long Mead 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 | 1 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
- Of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent, 47% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), the lowest.
- Reception 2026 had 13 first-choice applications for 14 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 51% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 16.2% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
- There are 14.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.5 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
- Waveney Road, Tonbridge, TN10 3JU
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 143 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 51% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy learning at this caring community school.”
- “They work hard in lessons and listen carefully to their teachers.”
- “Pupils have positive relationships with staff.”
To improve
- “However, the school’s work to address previous weaknesses in the curriculum is not yet fully embedded.”
- “As a result, pupils still have gaps in their knowledge, and they do not recall their prior learning well enough.”
- “This means that they cannot apply the skills and knowledge they learn consistently well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 May 2025 (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) | 47% | 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, 14 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.
- St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Cage Green Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodlands Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Slade Primary School and Attached Unit for Children with Hearing Impairment 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Stocks Green Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hildenborough Church of England Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sussex Road Community Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Royal Rise Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published