Tymberwood Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Gravesend, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.695 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Tymberwood Academy is a primary school in Gravesend, Kent for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 3 March 2022. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Tymberwood 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 |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 3.695 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, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 14% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 3.695 miles, the 128th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 2.24 miles.
- Reception 2026 drew 27 first-choice applications for 31 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Of its pupils, 45.4% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 35% 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
- Cerne Road, Gravesend, DA12 4BN
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 394 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 45.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 3 March 2022
Strengths
- “Tymberwood is a wonderfully vibrant and welcoming place where pupils learn and flourish.”
- “Pupils are rightly proud to belong to this harmonious community.”
- “Everyone looks out for each other.”
To improve
- “Pupils’ learning in some other subjects is not as consistently strong.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 April 2022 (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) | 69% | 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: 27 first-preference applications, 31 offers in total, 27 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.
- The Riverview Academy 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Westcourt Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- King's Farm Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Whitehill Primary School 0.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Singlewell Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St John's Catholic Primary School, Gravesend 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Chantry Community Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published