St Matthew's High Brooms Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.878 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Matthew's High Brooms Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school in Tunbridge Wells, Kent for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 26 March 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
St Matthew's High Brooms Church of England 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 | 0.878 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, 59% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.878 miles away, the 95th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 19 first-choice applications for 22 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 53.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 18.4% 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
- Powder Mill Lane, High Brooms, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9DY
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 293 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 53.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 26 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are warm and caring at this welcoming school.”
- “They understand the school's values of responsibility, kindness, honesty and respect and the majority of pupils demonstrate this in their positive behaviour.”
- “A small group of pupils require additional support to behave well and leaders have begun to address this effectively.”
To improve
- “They work hard, but teachers do not always have high expectations and, as a result, pupils do not achieve well enough in a number of subjects.”
- “However, leaders have not designed the curriculum well enough in a range of subjects.”
- “Consequently, pupils do not achieve as well as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 May 2024 (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) | 59% | 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: 19 first-preference applications, 22 offers in total, 19 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 John's Church of England Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Southborough CofE Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Skinners' Temple Grove 0.9 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Skinners' Kent Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Barnabas CofE VA Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Wells Free School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St James' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published