Academy sponsor led · Kent

Skinners' Temple Grove

4–11Ages
163Pupils
PrimaryPhase
139052URN

Friars Way, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 3UA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodSep 2019

Some aspects not as strongUngraded inspection · Mar 2025

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.3per place

1.1 below Kent median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Kent

36 applications for 27 places · 377th of 385 in Kent

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

39%met the expected standard

Kent 65% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodSep 2019

Some aspects not as strongUngraded inspection · Mar 2025

The graded inspection, 17 September 2019Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Inspection history

12 March 2025
Ungraded inspection: Some aspects not as strong
17 September 2019
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

1.3applications per place, Reception

1.1 below Kent median (2.4) 0.9 below England median (2.2)

36 applications · 27 places offered · 20 named it first

2026 1.3; Kent median median 2.4
2025 0.9; Kent median median 2.3
2024 1.0; Kent median median 2.4
2023 1.5; Kent median median 2.3
2022 1.2; Kent median median 2.1
2021 1.3; Kent median median 2.2
2020 1.1; Kent median median 2.2
2019 0.7; Kent median median 2.1
2018 0.9; Kent median median 2.1
2017 0.9; Kent median median 2.2
2016 0.7; Kent median median 2.5
2015 0.6; Kent median median 2.4
2014 0.5; 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	27	36	1.3	20	0.74
Sep 2025	16	14	0.9	8	0.50
Sep 2024	27	27	1.0	15	0.56
Sep 2023	24	37	1.5	17	0.71
Sep 2022	30	37	1.2	18	0.60
Sep 2021	30	40	1.3	23	0.77
Sep 2020	30	32	1.1	23	0.77
Sep 2019	30	21	0.7	17	0.57
Sep 2018	33	29	0.9	18	0.55
Sep 2017	36	31	0.9	25	0.69
Sep 2016	60	43	0.7	30	0.50
Sep 2015	60	33	0.6	21	0.35
Sep 2014	59	29	0.5	22	0.37

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 55% · Writing 52% · Maths 48% → all three 39% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard39%394th of 421 in Kent

Kent 65% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard55%

Kent 78% England 78%

Higher standard19%

Kent 35% England 33%

Average scaled score 101 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard52%

Kent 77% England 75%

Greater depth10%

Kent 15% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard48%

Kent 75% England 77%

Higher standard6%

Kent 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 98 (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	39%	3%	101	98
2023/24	53%	0%	104	103
2022/23	53%	3%	103	101

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

Skinners' Temple GroveThis school
This school

Some aspects not as strong2025

1.3applications per place 39%met the SATs standard
St Barnabas CofE VA Primary School
1.1 km · Kent

Remains Good2024

2.5applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Skinners' Kent Primary School
1.2 km · Kent

Remains Good2024

3.3applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
St John's Church of England Primary School
1.3 km · Kent

Remains Good2023

2.4applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
St James' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
1.3 km · Kent

Good2024

2.8applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
St Matthew's High Brooms Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
1.4 km · Kent

Requires improvement2024

2.5applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School
1.5 km · Kent

2026

3.6applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
St Peter's Church of England Primary School
1.7 km · Kent

Graded · no overall grade2025

4.3applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
The Wells Free School
1.9 km · Kent

Standards maintained2025

2.8applications per place 68%met the SATs standard

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

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 139052 · 886/2018
Trust: Skinners' Academies Trust
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 210 pupils · 163 on roll
Free school meals: 53.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 January 2013
Replaced: Sherwood Park Community Primary School (URN 118564)
Address: Friars Way, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 3UA
Local authority: Kent · Tunbridge Wells

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