Lamberhurst St Mary's CofE (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.636 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Lamberhurst St Mary's CofE (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School is a primary school in Tunbridge Wells, Kent for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 8 March 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Lamberhurst St Mary's CofE (Voluntary Controlled) 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 | 3.636 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 place for 2026 lived 3.636 miles away, the 135th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception distance was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance, nearer than in 2025 and 2023, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 33 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 55% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2nd lowest 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
- Pearse Place, Lamberhurst, Tunbridge Wells, TN3 8EJ
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 201 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 8 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils build positive relationships with staff and with one another in this caring school.”
- “Staff greet pupils with a warm welcome at the start of each day.”
- “One parent expressed the views of many, when they said, ‘Teachers are kind, nurturing and helpful.”
To improve
- “However, in subjects such as geography and design and technology, while pupils develop skills well, they have fewer opportunities to develop subject-specific knowledge.”
- “However, there is some inconsistency in the approach to teaching reading at key stage 2.”
- “This means that a few pupils do not learn to read as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 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) | 55% | 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: 33 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Leigh Academy Horsmonden 3.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Goudhurst and Kilndown Church of England Primary School 3.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Brenchley and Matfield Church of England Primary School 3.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Pembury School 4.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Colliers Green Church of England Primary School 5.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Paddock Wood 5.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School 5.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Skinners' Temple Grove 5.6 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published