The Wells Free School
Primary · Free schools · Ages 4–11 · Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.446 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
The Wells Free School is a primary school in Tunbridge Wells, Kent for ages 4–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 5 February 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
The Wells Free 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 | 0.446 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 0.446 miles away, the 31st shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was about the same as in 2025 and further than in 2023; the biggest swing came between 2023 and 2024.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 28 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 26 went to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- King Charles Square, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 8FA
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 213 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 5 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this welcoming school, where they feel valued and safe.”
- “As soon as pupils start school, they learn how to work together in partners or teams.”
- “Staff listen to pupils’ views and interests and understand what will help them to thrive personally, socially and academically.”
To improve
- “In some areas of the wider curriculum, the school is still refining ways of checking pupils’ understanding during lessons.”
- “As a result, some pupils who have gaps in their knowledge do not connect new learning with larger ideas as securely as they could.”
- “Consequently, these pupils do not attain as well as they could in these areas.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 March 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) | 68% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 26 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 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St James' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Claremont Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Bishops Down Primary and Nursery School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Broadwater Down Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published