Penshurst Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Tonbridge, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
5.395 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Penshurst Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is a primary school in Tonbridge, Kent for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 17 November 2022. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Penshurst Church of England Voluntary Aided 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 | 5.395 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 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 5.395 miles away, 86th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- Reception 2026 saw 8 first-choice applications for 10 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 50% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
- With 79 pupils on roll, there are 14.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.7 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
- High Street, Penshurst, Tonbridge, TN11 8BX
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 79 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 17 November 2022
Strengths
- “Staff have positive relationships with pupils.”
- “This helps pupils to be happy at school and enjoy their learning.”
- “They feel that the school is a caring place and know they can talk to an adult if they have a worry.”
To improve
- “However, teachers’ subject knowledge is not strong enough in some areas of the curriculum.”
- “As a result, pupils do not learn consistently well in all subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 January 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) | 50% | 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: 8 first-preference applications, 10 offers in total, 8 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.
- Chiddingstone Church of England School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Fordcombe Church of England Primary School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Speldhurst Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Leigh Primary School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Bidborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Langton Green Primary School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Hever Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Rusthall St Paul's CofE Primary School 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published