Community school · Kent

Pembury School

4–11Ages
400Pupils
PrimaryPhase
118280URN

Lower Green Road, Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 4EB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodFeb 2015

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Oct 2024

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.7per place

0.8 below Kent median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Kent

99 applications for 60 places · 353rd of 385 in Kent

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

67%met the expected standard

Kent 65% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodFeb 2015

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Oct 2024

Inspection history

23 October 2024
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
3 February 2015
Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

1.7applications per place, Reception

0.8 below Kent median (2.4) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

99 applications · 60 places offered · 56 named it first

2026 1.7; Kent median median 2.4
2025 1.6; Kent median median 2.3
2024 1.5; Kent median median 2.4
2023 1.6; Kent median median 2.3
2022 1.5; Kent median median 2.1
2021 1.6; Kent median median 2.2
2020 1.6; Kent median median 2.2
2019 1.6; Kent median median 2.1
2018 1.4; Kent median median 2.1
2017 1.6; Kent median median 2.2
2016 1.8; Kent median median 2.5
2015 2.2; Kent median median 2.4
2014 1.9; Kent median median 2.3

More applications per place than the Kent median in 0 of 13 years.

This school
Kent median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	60	99	1.7	56	0.93
Sep 2025	53	83	1.6	45	0.85
Sep 2024	60	89	1.5	54	0.90
Sep 2023	54	87	1.6	43	0.80
Sep 2022	51	77	1.5	43	0.84
Sep 2021	51	83	1.6	46	0.90
Sep 2020	47	74	1.6	39	0.83
Sep 2019	60	93	1.6	56	0.93
Sep 2018	53	76	1.4	47	0.89
Sep 2017	60	93	1.6	56	0.93
Sep 2016	60	110	1.8	61	1.02
Sep 2015	60	132	2.2	81	1.35
Sep 2014	60	112	1.9	66	1.10

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 90% · Writing 72% · Maths 82% → all three 67% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard67%180th of 421 in Kent

Kent 65% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard90%

Kent 78% England 78%

Higher standard45%

Kent 35% England 33%

Average scaled score 109 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard72%

Kent 77% England 75%

Greater depth8%

Kent 15% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard82%

Kent 75% England 77%

Higher standard27%

Kent 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Kent median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	67%	5%	109	106
2023/24	65%	13%	106	106
2022/23	54%	3%	103	102

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Pembury SchoolThis school
This school

Standards maintained2024

1.7applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Skinners' Kent Primary School
2.4 km · Kent

Remains Good2024

3.3applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
Skinners' Temple Grove
3.1 km · Kent

Some aspects not as strong2025

1.3applications per place 39%met the SATs standard
Capel Primary School
3.6 km · Kent

Remains Good2024

3.5applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
St Matthew's High Brooms Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
3.9 km · Kent

Requires improvement2024

2.5applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
St James' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
4.1 km · Kent

Good2024

2.8applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
St John's Church of England Primary School
4.1 km · Kent

Remains Good2023

2.4applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
St Barnabas CofE VA Primary School
4.2 km · Kent

Remains Good2024

2.5applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School
4.4 km · Kent

2026

3.6applications per place 56%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

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School details

Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 118280 · 886/2139
Capacity: 510 pupils · 400 on roll
Free school meals: 13.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address: Lower Green Road, Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 4EB
Local authority: Kent · Tunbridge Wells

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources