Skinners' Kent Primary School

Skinners’ Kent Primary School remains a good school, known for its strong community where pupils feel valued and cared for. Under the leadership of Gemma Wyatt, the school has successfully redesigned its curriculum to be ambitious and well sequenced. Pupils engage actively in their learning, with notable support from older students who mentor younger ones. The school fosters a supportive environment with a focus on personal development and character education, ensuring pupils learn important social skills alongside their academic studies.

Strengths

• Strong community atmosphere where pupils feel valued and cared for
• Effective curriculum redesign that is ambitious and well sequenced
• Pupils actively support one another and take on leadership roles
• Highly effective phonics program that enhances reading skills
• Inclusive practices for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)
• Clear personal, social and health education (PSHE) curriculum

Areas for Improvement

• Some teachers' subject knowledge in a few subjects needs further development

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' Kent Primary School attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.9% 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, 2.9% of pupils at Skinners' Kent Primary School 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' Kent Primary School had 21.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.8% 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' Kent Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.8% 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' Kent Primary School received £6,812 and spent £6,632 for each of its 210 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £8,000 (£38 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' Kent Primary School is part of Skinners' Academies Trust, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

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

What is Skinners' Kent Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Skinners' Kent Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2024.

When was Skinners' Kent Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Skinners' Kent Primary School was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Skinners' Kent Primary School have?

Skinners' Kent Primary School has 212 pupils on roll.

What age range does Skinners' Kent Primary School cover?

Skinners' Kent Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Skinners' Kent Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 59% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Skinners' Kent Primary School?

Skinners' Kent Primary School is at The Avenue, Knights Wood, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 3GS.