St Gregory's Catholic School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.107 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Gregory's Catholic School is a secondary school in Tunbridge Wells, Kent for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 15 October 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
St Gregory's Catholic 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 2.107 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, 42% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Kent.
- For Year 7 2026 there were 136 first-choice applications for 176 offers; 123 offers went to first-choice families and 13 first-choice families (10%) were not offered a place.
- Year 7's 2026 last distance offered, 2.107 miles, was about the same as 2023's and 22nd shortest of 56 Kent secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- 20.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, 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
- Reynolds Lane, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9XL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 1,093 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 15 October 2024
Strengths
- “The school, in its mission to ensure that ‘every pupil is known and loved’, has created a warm and welcoming environment for pupils.”
- “Teachers get to know pupils well, and they have high ambitions for their success.”
- “Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), and those who attend the St Francis de Sales Centre for the Deaf, are well supported.”
To improve
- “For some disadvantaged pupils, and sixth-form students studying vocational subjects, the school is working to further develop how it helps them to ensure that they receive the support they need to achieve as well as their peers.”
- “However, the school is still developing its wider approach, to ensure all pupils are supported to become confident, and fluent readers, and develop a love for reading.”
- “However, from time to time, in a small number of subjects, some teachers’ choice of learning activities does not always enable pupils to grasp subject content securely.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 November 2024 (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) | 42% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 43.8 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | B- |
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: 136 first-preference applications, 176 offers in total, 123 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.
- Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The Skinners' School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bennett Memorial Diocesan School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Skinners' Kent Academy 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Tonbridge Grammar School 2.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Weald of Kent Grammar School 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Tonbridge 2.5 mi Good Last distance published