Lamberhurst St Mary's CofE (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School
Voluntary controlled school · Tunbridge Wells · TN3 8EJ
Ages 4–11 · 201 pupils · Kent
Ofsted
School remains Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
61%
Overall absence
5.0%
Admissions demand
0.96 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-05-01
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 105.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
- Authorised absence
- 4.3%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.6%
- Enrolments in measure
- 181
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.96 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
27
Places offered
28
1st-preference offers
27
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 56
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 28
- Applications from outside LA
- 13
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 8
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
201 pupils · 210 places
- Pupils on roll
- 201
- Boys / girls
- 91 / 110
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 201 / 210 (96%)
- Free school meals
- 7%
- FSM pupils
- 14
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
Age range
Ages 4–11
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Rochester
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Charlotte Vickery-Booth
Location
- Address
- Pearse Place, Lamberhurst
- Postcode
- TN3 8EJ
- Town
- Tunbridge Wells
- County
- Kent
- Local authority
- Kent
- District
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary controlled school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 201 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 7%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Rochester.
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Charlotte Vickery-Booth
- Telephone
- 01892890281