Bishop Chavasse Primary School
Primary · Free schools · Ages 4–11 · Tonbridge, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
9.941 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Bishop Chavasse Primary School is a primary school in Tonbridge, Kent for ages 4–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 5 July 2022. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Bishop Chavasse 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 | 9.941 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 9.941 miles away, the 40th longest of the 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 1 of the 2 years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 38 first-choice applications for 53 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 15 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 65% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% 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
- 2a Baker Lane, Tonbridge, TN11 0FB
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 371 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 5 July 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
- “They think it has improved lots recently.”
- “Older pupils are certain that behaviour has improved, although say it was not really a problem in the past.”
To improve
- “They spoke about new strategies they had been given for avoiding problems on the playground, although they feel these could still work even better.”
- “However, leaders have identified that some subject plans, such as music and geography for instance, still need further refinement.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 October 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) | 65% | 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: 38 first-preference applications, 53 offers in total, 38 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.
- Royal Rise Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Slade Primary School and Attached Unit for Children with Hearing Impairment 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Sussex Road Community Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cage Green Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodlands Primary School 2.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Long Mead Community Primary School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Skinners' Kent Primary School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Capel Primary School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published