Royal Rise Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 5–11 · Tonbridge, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.593 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Royal Rise Primary School is a primary school in Tonbridge, Kent for ages 5–11 (academy sponsor led). Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Royal Rise Primary 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 | 0.593 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
- The last child offered a Reception place for 2026 lived 0.593 miles away, the 61st shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- That 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2025, and it swung sharply between some years, with the biggest move from 2025 to 2026.
- Reception 2026 had 18 first-choice applications for 22 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 73% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Royal Rise, Tonbridge, TN9 2DQ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 204 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 10 February 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils feel a clear sense of belonging at this school.”
- “Leaders think carefully about how to nurture constructive relationships throughout the school day.”
- “This helps pupils to start the day calmly and confidently.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils' work in wider curriculum subjects is not always of the same quality as in core subjects.”
- “This is partly due to inconsistencies in pupils’ handwriting skills.”
- “However, while a handwriting curriculum is in place, it is not implemented uniformly across year groups or subjects.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 April 2026 (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) | 73% | 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: 18 first-preference applications, 22 offers in total, 18 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.
- Bishop Chavasse Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Slade Primary School and Attached Unit for Children with Hearing Impairment 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Sussex Road Community Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cage Green Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Long Mead Community Primary School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Woodlands Primary School 1.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Stocks Green Primary School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published