St Peter's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.192 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Peter's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Tunbridge Wells, Kent for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 11 February 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
St Peter's Church of England 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 | 0.192 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 Reception 2026 last distance offered was 0.192 miles, the 6th shortest of the 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- Compared with 2025 and 2023, the Reception 2026 last distance was nearer the school, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 53 first-choice applications for 30 offers; all 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 23 first-choice families (43%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 23% 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
- Hawkenbury Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 5BW
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 208 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 11 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school and of the part they play in making it a happy and successful place to learn.”
- “They appreciate the spaces such as the new library that have been designed to incorporate their ideas and relish the many opportunities on offer to be involved in the wider life of the school.”
- “Pupils excitedly explain their roles as librarians or lunchtime leaders.”
To improve
- “The wider curriculum has been revised.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 March 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) | 70% | 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: 53 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.
- Claremont Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St James' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Barnabas CofE VA Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Wells Free School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Skinners' Temple Grove 1.1 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Broadwater Down Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published