Skinners' Temple Grove
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.538 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Skinners' Temple Grove is a primary school in Tunbridge Wells, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Some aspects not as strong, from the inspection on 12 March 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Skinners' Temple Grove 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 | 0.538 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, 39% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.538 miles away, the 45th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- For Reception 2026, 20 first-choice applications for 27 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 7 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 53.4% 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
- Friars Way, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 3UA
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 163 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 53.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Some aspects not as strong Inspected 12 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy learning and are enthusiastic about school.”
- “They are happy and feel safe in school.”
- “They are confident that staff will deal with any worries they may have.”
To improve
- “However, staff’s expectations of pupils are not high enough.”
- “They do not apply the school’s new behaviour policy consistently.”
- “As a result, pupils’ conduct in some classes is inconsistent.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 May 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) | 39% | 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: 20 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 20 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 Barnabas CofE VA Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Skinners' Kent Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St James' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 0.8 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
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Wells Free School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published