Skinners' Temple Grove

Temple Grove Academy is performing well, achieving a good rating across all evaluated areas, including the quality of education, behaviour, and leadership. With strong leadership focused on creating an engaging curriculum, the school has made significant improvements since its previous inspection, which was rated as requiring improvement. Pupils feel safe and valued, encouraging a positive learning environment and strong relationships among staff and students.

Strengths

• Leaders are ambitious for their pupils and provide a broad curriculum.
• Pupils demonstrate good behaviour and care for one another.
• Teachers maintain high expectations and provide engaging learning experiences.
• Early years provisions help children develop fundamental skills effectively.
• The school promotes reading through well-structured phonics and support for struggling readers.
• Pupils are well-prepared for life in modern Britain, learning about different cultures and religions.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment in science and physical education is not utilized effectively to build on prior knowledge.
• Some pupils with SEND are not as well prepared across the curriculum for their next steps in learning.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Skinners' Temple Grove attended 91.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 33.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 7.8% of pupils at Skinners' Temple Grove were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Skinners' Temple Grove had 25.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 47.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 16.0% of pupils at Skinners' Temple Grove were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Skinners' Temple Grove received £8,764 and spent £8,700 for each of its 179 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £34,000 (£187 per pupil).

Across all 6 schools of Skinners' Academies Trust, income was £8,679 and spending £8,730 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Tunbridge Wells · Kent local authority: places and applications

Skinners' Temple Grove is part of Skinners' Academies Trust, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

• Skinners' Kent Academy Tunbridge Wells
• Skinners' Kent Primary School Tunbridge Wells
• The Skinners' School Tunbridge Wells
• The Marsh Academy New Romney
• Skinners' Academy London

What is Skinners' Temple Grove's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Skinners' Temple Grove is Good, from an inspection in May 2025.

When was Skinners' Temple Grove last inspected by Ofsted?

Skinners' Temple Grove was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Skinners' Temple Grove have?

Skinners' Temple Grove has 163 pupils on roll.

What age range does Skinners' Temple Grove cover?

Skinners' Temple Grove for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Skinners' Temple Grove's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 39% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Skinners' Temple Grove?

Skinners' Temple Grove is at Friars Way, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 3UA.