St Peter's Church of England Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Tunbridge Wells, Kent·TN2 5BW
Composite score
72.3
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#1,474
National rank
#203
In South East
#51
In Kent
Top 10%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
70%
% achieving higher RWM
23%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
57%
53 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.77
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
130
any preference, for 30 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.33
00.511.52
1 per place
1.4720221.2020231.1320241.4320251.772026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Kent does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for St Peter's Church of England Primary School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
211
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
21.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
8.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,414
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

St Peter's Church of England Primary School at a glance

Located in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, St Peter's Church of England Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 211 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That is down 10.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 10% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 23% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 57% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (53 first choices for 30 places). Overall pupil absence was 4.5%. There are about 20.1 pupils per teacher. St Peter's Church of England Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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