Graded inspection · May 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in KentSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 10 May 2023Graded inspection: Good
- 23 February 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns)
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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 entry618 applications · 173 places offered · 166 named it first
- 2026 3.6; Kent median median 3.1
- 2025 3.5; Kent median median 3.0
- 2024 3.7; Kent median median 3.2
- 2023 4.1; Kent median median 3.2
- 2022 3.8; Kent median median 2.9
- 2021 5.3; Kent median median 3.6
- 2020 2.8; Kent median median 3.1
- 2019 2.8; Kent median median 2.9
- 2018 3.9; Kent median median 3.1
- 2017 3.7; Kent median median 3.0
- 2016 2.6; Kent median median 3.3
- 2015 3.3; Kent median median 3.2
- 2014 3.0; Kent median median 3.1
- This school
- Kent median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, 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 | 173 | 618 | 3.6 | 166 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2025 | 175 | 613 | 3.5 | 168 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 177 | 647 | 3.7 | 169 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2023 | 176 | 716 | 4.1 | 208 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2022 | 177 | 676 | 3.8 | 176 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2021 | 178 | 936 | 5.3 | 153 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2020 | 230 | 645 | 2.8 | 182 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2019 | 237 | 665 | 2.8 | 204 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2018 | 179 | 706 | 3.9 | 235 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2017 | 179 | 670 | 3.7 | 214 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2016 | 210 | 535 | 2.6 | 186 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2015 | 178 | 595 | 3.3 | 217 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2014 | 177 | 533 | 3.0 | 199 | 1.12 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 170 | 43.8 | 40% | 66% | – |
| 2024/25 | 176 | 38.4 | 25% | 51% | – |
| 2023/24 | 194 | 44.8 | 48% | 69% | 0.00 |
| 2022/23 | 189 | 39.5 | 33% | 58% | −0.24 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Skinners' Kent AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20233.6applications per place 43.8Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · Kent20265.5applications per place 72.7Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.5 km · KentOutstanding20234.5applications per place 72.5Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.5 km · Kent20263.9applications per place 64.5Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.6 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20243.4applications per place 44.8Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · KentOutstanding20233.9applications per place 53.4Attainment 8
- 4.9 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20243.3applications per place 69.3Attainment 8 Selective
- 5.1 km · KentStandards maintained20245.4applications per place 77.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 5.3 km · KentRemains Good20233.2applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 135888 · 886/6916
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,150 pupils · 1,017 on roll
- Free school meals
- 30.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2009
- Replaced
- Tunbridge Wells High School (URN 118899)
- Address
- Sandown Park, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 4PY
- Local authority
- Kent · Tunbridge Wells
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources