St Barnabas CofE VA Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
12.332 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Barnabas CofE VA Primary School is a primary school in Tunbridge Wells, Kent for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 24 January 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
St Barnabas CofE VA 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 | 12.332 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 12.332 miles away, the 31st longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The Reception last distance for 2026 was further than in 2025 and in 2024, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 23 first-choice applications for 30 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 7 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
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
- Quarry Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN1 2EY
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 201 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 24 January 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend this welcoming, safe and inclusive school.”
- “They value their caring teachers, who work hard to make learning both interesting and enjoyable.”
- “The school values of ‘aspiration, love, trust, perseverance, compassion and reconciliation’ are well understood by pupils.”
To improve
- “In just a couple of subjects, however, the curriculum is not designed with the same high degree of precision and expectation.”
- “However, although the school quickly spots any pupil who falls behind in their reading, the extra help that pupils receive is not as effective as it could be.”
- “Very occasionally, pupils with SEND find it difficult to behave as the school expects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 February 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) | 67% | 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: 23 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 23 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 James' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- The Wells Free School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Skinners' Temple Grove 0.7 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Claremont Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Matthew's High Brooms Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 0.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published