Skinners' Kent Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.833 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Skinners' Kent Academy is a secondary school in Tunbridge Wells, Kent for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 10 May 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Skinners' Kent Academy 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 2.833 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 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, 25% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Kent.
- The last child offered a Year 7 2026 place lived 2.833 miles away, the 27th longest of 56 Kent secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 166 first-choice applications for 173 offers; 140 offers went to first-choice families, and 26 first-choice families (16%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 27% of pupils, against a middle figure of 5.5% across the 8 nearest secondary 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
- Sandown Park, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 4PY
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 1,017 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 10 May 2023
Strengths
- “The school motto of ‘pride in our success’ permeates through how pupils conduct themselves around the school.”
- “They strive to become well-rounded and respectful members of society.”
- “Pupils show kindness and consideration to each other because they want everyone to feel included.”
To improve
- “However, some teachers miss opportunities to study concepts in sufficient detail.”
- “They do not consistently monitor that pupils can retain important facts and details before moving onto the next topic.”
- “This hinders how well some pupils can remember and recall learning over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 June 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 25% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 38.4 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 166 first-preference applications, 173 offers in total, 140 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kent.
- The Skinners' School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School 1.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Gregory's Catholic School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bennett Memorial Diocesan School 1.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Weald of Kent Grammar School 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Tonbridge Grammar School 3.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hillview School for Girls 3.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published