Rusthall St Paul's CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
18.95 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Rusthall St Paul's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Tunbridge Wells, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Rusthall St Paul's CofE 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 | 18.95 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, 65% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Even so, that 2024/25 figure was the lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent that have results.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 18.95 miles away, the 16th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance (middle 2.24 miles).
- 50.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent is 17.8%.
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
- High Street, Rusthall, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 8RZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 108 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 50.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
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: 15 first-preference applications, 16 offers in total, 15 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.
- Bishops Down Primary and Nursery School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Langton Green Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Speldhurst Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mark's Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Wells Free School 1.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Broadwater Down Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Southborough CofE Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Barnabas CofE VA Primary School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published