St Barnabas CofE VA Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Tunbridge Wells · TN1 2EY · Kent
Ages 4–11
- KS263%
- Absence6.2%
- FSM32.3%
0.7 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 139052
Skinners' Temple Grove
Academy sponsor led · Tunbridge Wells · TN2 3UA
Ages 4–11 · 163 pupils · Kent
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
53%
Overall absence
8.2%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2019-09-17
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)53%
Higher standard (RWM)3%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 101.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 102.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence8.2%
Persistent absence (10%+)30.0%
Unauthorised4.1%
- Authorised absence
- 4.1%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 4.8%
- Enrolments in measure
- 207
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill78%
163 pupils · 210 places
- Pupils on roll
- 163
- Boys / girls
- 76 / 87
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 163 / 210 (78%)
- Free school meals
- 53.1%
- FSM pupils
- 86
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: SKINNERS' ACADEMIES TRUST
- Academy trust
- SKINNERS' ACADEMIES TRUST
- Sponsor
- The Skinners' Company
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rebekah Leeves
Location
- Address
- Friars Way
- Postcode
- TN2 3UA
- Town
- Tunbridge Wells
- County
- Kent
- Local authority
- Kent
- District
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Further from 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 academy sponsor led (primary), Ages 4–11, in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 163 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 53.1%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Skinners' Kent Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Tunbridge Wells · TN2 3GS · Kent
Ages 4–11
- KS257%
- Absence4.6%
- FSM18.0%
0.8 miles away
St John's Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Tunbridge Wells · TN4 9EW · Kent
Ages 4–11
- KS254%
- Absence4.1%
- FSM9.6%
0.8 miles away
Voluntary aided school · Primary
Tunbridge Wells · TN2 3PR · Kent
Ages 4–11
- KS275%
- Absence4.1%
- FSM10.5%
0.8 miles away
St Matthew's High Brooms Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Ofsted: Requires improvementVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Tunbridge Wells · TN4 9DY · Kent
Ages 4–11
- KS245%
- Absence6.5%
- FSM53.9%
0.9 miles away
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: Needs attentionAcademy converter · Primary
Tunbridge Wells · TN4 9AL · Kent
Ages 5–11
- KS247%
- Absence4.6%
- FSM21.6%
0.9 miles away
St Peter's Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Tunbridge Wells · TN2 5BW · Kent
Ages 4–11
- KS274%
- Absence4.5%
- FSM12.5%
1.1 miles away
The Wells Free School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedFree schools · Primary
Tunbridge Wells · TN4 8FA · Kent
Ages 4–11
- KS271%
- Absence5.0%
- FSM17.8%
1.2 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rebekah Leeves
- Telephone
- 01892520562