Primary
Fordcombe Church of England Primary School
The Green, Fordcombe, Tunbridge Wells, TN3 0RY
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 57 of 105 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.7
- Local authority
- Kent
- Religious character
- Yes
- Trust
- THE TENAX SCHOOLS TRUST
- Diocese
- Diocese of Rochester
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 4.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 8.3
- Pupils per adult
- 7.0
- Pupils
- 58
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected October 2022
Good
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
62%
5 points below the Tunbridge Wells average (67% across 22 schools)
107.0
0.8 below the Tunbridge Wells average (107.8 across 22 schools)
9th of 22 by our score, among the primary schools in Tunbridge Wells we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 106 |
| Average reading score | 107 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 62% |
| Working at a higher standard | 23% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 100% |
| 23/24 | 33% |
| 24/25 | 62% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 110.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 107.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 107.0 |
| 23/24 | 102.0 |
| 24/25 | 106.0 |
The Green, Fordcombe, Tunbridge Wells, TN3 0RY
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Kent admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Julie Burton
- Address
- The Green, Fordcombe, Tunbridge Wells, TN3 0RY
- Telephone
- 01892740224
Other primary schools nearby
- Langton Green Primary School7.3/10
- Speldhurst Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School9.0/10
- Rusthall St Paul's CofE Primary School4.3/10
- Penshurst Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School5.6/10
- Groombridge St Thomas' Church of England Primary School6.9/10
- Bishops Down Primary and Nursery School5.3/10