Schools in Tunbridge Wells
Tunbridge Wells has 37 schools, with the majority in Kent administered by Kent County Council, and some on the southern and eastern edges under East Sussex County Council. Kent is a selective county, and Tunbridge Wells is home to grammar schools including Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys and Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School. Families must register for the Kent 11-plus (KS2 SEMH) by June in Year 5, with the test sitting in September of Year 6.
For primary admissions, Kent County Council uses a combination of sibling priority and distance for community schools. Tunbridge Wells has several Church of England and Catholic primaries with additional faith criteria. Families near the East Sussex border should check whether their address falls in East Sussex - the county uses a non-selective system, so the choice of secondary school type available depends on which side of the border you live.
School demand in Tunbridge Wells
Across the 36 schools in Tunbridge Wells with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 92%. 12 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
19 schools in Tunbridge Wells have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
9 of the schools in Tunbridge Wells are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of East Sussex, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
13 of the schools in Tunbridge Wells have a current Ofsted rating, of which 10 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Tunbridge Wells: 8 oversubscribed (23)
Frant Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Tunbridge Wells · TN3 9DX
Groombridge St Thomas' Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Tunbridge Wells · TN3 9SF
Pembury School
Primary · Community school
Tunbridge Wells · TN2 4EB
Claremont Primary School
Primary · Community school
Tunbridge Wells · TN2 5EB
Langton Green Primary School
Primary · Community school
Tunbridge Wells · TN3 0JG
Bishops Down Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Community school
Tunbridge Wells · TN4 9SU
Broadwater Down Primary School
Primary · Community school
Tunbridge Wells · TN2 5RP
Bidborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Tunbridge Wells · TN3 0UE
Lamberhurst St Mary's CofE (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Tunbridge Wells · TN3 8EJ
Speldhurst Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Tunbridge Wells · TN3 0NP
St John's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Tunbridge Wells · TN4 9EW
St Mark's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Tunbridge Wells · TN4 8LN
St Peter's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Tunbridge Wells · TN2 5BW
St Matthew's High Brooms Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Tunbridge Wells · TN4 9DY
Southborough CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Tunbridge Wells · TN4 0JY
St Barnabas CofE VA Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Tunbridge Wells · TN1 2EY
St James' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Tunbridge Wells · TN2 3PR
Skinners' Temple Grove
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Tunbridge Wells · TN2 3UA
The Wells Free School
Primary · Free schools
Tunbridge Wells · TN4 8FA
Skinners' Kent Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Tunbridge Wells · TN2 3GS
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Tunbridge Wells · TN4 9AL
Fordcombe Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Tunbridge Wells · TN3 0RY
Rusthall St Paul's CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Tunbridge Wells · TN4 8RZ
Secondary Schools in Tunbridge Wells (6)
Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School
Secondary · Foundation school
Tunbridge Wells · TN4 9UJ
Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys
Secondary · Community school
Tunbridge Wells · TN4 9XB
Skinners' Kent Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Tunbridge Wells · TN2 4PY
Bennett Memorial Diocesan School
Secondary · Academy converter
Tunbridge Wells · TN4 9SH
The Skinners' School
Secondary · Academy converter
Tunbridge Wells · TN4 9PG
St Gregory's Catholic School
Secondary · Academy converter
Tunbridge Wells · TN4 9XL
Other Schools in Tunbridge Wells (8)
Kent College Pembury
Not applicable · Other independent school
Tunbridge Wells · TN2 4AX
Beechwood School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Tunbridge Wells · TN2 3QD
Holmewood House School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Tunbridge Wells · TN3 0EB
Rose Hill School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Tunbridge Wells · TN4 9SY
The Mead School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Tunbridge Wells · TN2 5SN
Broomhill Bank School
Not applicable · Foundation special school
Tunbridge Wells · TN3 0TB
Meadows School
Not applicable · Non-maintained special school
Tunbridge Wells · TN4 0RJ
Oakley School
Not applicable · Community special school
Tunbridge Wells · TN2 4NE
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Tunbridge Wells are set by East Sussex and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.