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The Skinners' School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,149Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • SelectiveGrammar school
  • BoysPupils
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 140595URN

St John's Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9PG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
5.5per place
2.5 above Kent median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in KentSelective

887 applications for 160 places · 7th of 103 in Kent
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
72.7of 90
5th of 100 in Kent
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 27 January 2026Published 23 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 27 January 2026
    Report card · 6 Strong standard, 1 Expected standard
  2. 16 November 2021
    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
5.5applications per place, Year 7
2.5 above Kent median (3.1) 3.3 above England median (2.2)

887 applications · 160 places offered · 232 named it first

SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.

  1. 2026 5.5; Kent median median 3.1
  2. 2025 4.7; Kent median median 3.0
  3. 2024 5.1; Kent median median 3.2
  4. 2023 4.8; Kent median median 3.2
  5. 2022 4.4; Kent median median 2.9
  6. 2021 5.8; Kent median median 3.6
  7. 2020 5.0; Kent median median 3.1
  8. 2019 4.7; Kent median median 2.9
  9. 2018 4.9; Kent median median 3.1
  10. 2017 4.9; Kent median median 3.0
  11. 2016 4.6; Kent median median 3.3
  12. 2015 4.2; Kent median median 3.2
  13. 2014 4.2; Kent median median 3.1; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Kent median in 12 of 12 years.
  • This school
  • Kent median

Dashed bars: as The Skinners' School (URN 118890), the previous school.

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates

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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261608875.52321.45
Sep 20251607474.72081.30
Sep 20241608115.12431.52
Sep 20231597604.82001.26
Sep 20221606974.42421.51
Sep 20211609225.83292.06
Sep 20201587855.02981.89
Sep 20191607564.72481.55
Sep 20181507314.91951.30
Sep 20171557514.92751.77
Sep 20161496874.62411.62
Sep 20151506364.22511.67
Sep 2014 *1435984.22301.61

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

160 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)72.75th of 100 in Kent
Grade 5 or above in English and maths97%6th of 100 in Kent
Grade 4 or above in English and maths100%
  • This school
  • Kent median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.99
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)16072.797%100%–
2024/2516770.893%96%–
2023/2415974.199%100%+0.99
2022/2316172.797%100%+0.71

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

  • 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 converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
140595 · 886/5418
Trust
Skinners' Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Selective
Capacity
945 pupils · 1,149 on roll
Free school meals
5.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 February 2014
Replaced
The Skinners' School (URN 118890)
Address
St John's Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9PG
Local authority
Kent · Tunbridge Wells

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources