Fordcombe Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.341 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Fordcombe Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Tunbridge Wells, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 18 October 2022. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Fordcombe Church of England 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 | 1.341 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, 62% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 23% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The last Reception place in 2026 went to a child 1.341 miles away, 137th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- Reception 2026 had 4 first-choice applications for 4 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; the published admission number for Reception 2026 was 15 places.
- Free school meal eligibility is 29.8% of pupils, against a middle figure of 10.1% 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
- The Green, Fordcombe, Tunbridge Wells, TN3 0RY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 57 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 18 October 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this small and happy school.”
- “The school’s values of forgiveness, honesty, hope, love, perseverance and respect are central to pupils’ daily experiences.”
- “They are helped to know and understand the importance of these concepts in their lives.”
To improve
- “The curriculum in some wider subjects needs further refining.”
- “However, this is not precise enough to support teachers to emphasise the most important content to help pupils to link new learning with what they have learned before.”
- “In some subjects, staff carefully check pupils’ understanding and use this information to inform their teaching, but this is not yet consistent.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 December 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) | 62% | 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: 4 first-preference applications, 4 offers in total, 4 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.
- Langton Green Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Speldhurst Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Rusthall St Paul's CofE Primary School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Penshurst Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bishops Down Primary and Nursery School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bidborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 3.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mark's Church of England Primary School 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Southborough CofE Primary School 3.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published