Fordcombe Church of England Primary School

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Church of England
Address The Green
Fordcombe
Tunbridge Wells
Kent
TN3 0RY
Phone 01892740224
Reference Number 146400

General Makeup

Number of pupils 62
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 46.77%
Girls: 53.23%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 33.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 14.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 20.7
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 23

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 3 5 8
2 3 1 4
3 2 2 4
4 6 6 12
5 2 8 10
6 8 5 13

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 87.1%
White, Other 12.9%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
18 Oct 2022 School inspection
11 Oct 2018 Academy conversion letter
10 Feb 2016 Full inspection:
Previously as Fordcombe Church of England Primary School
10 Feb 2016 Full inspection:
23 Jan 2014 Monitoring visit
23 Jan 2014 Monitoring visit
23 Oct 2013 Full inspection:
23 Oct 2013 Full inspection:
01 Dec 2011 Full inspection:
01 Dec 2011 Full inspection:
10 Feb 2009 Full inspection:
10 Feb 2009 Full inspection:
09 Oct 2007 Curriculum and development visit
09 Oct 2007 Curriculum and development visit
25 Apr 2006 Full inspection:
25 Apr 2006 Full inspection:
26 Feb 2001 Full inspection
26 Feb 2001 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 62%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 23%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 107
Maths 106

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 3.1
Writing 4.2
Maths 1.2

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Average Scaled Score

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 8 1
Third Preference 14 0
From another Local Authority 2 0

Previous Years

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Name Distance
Langton Green Primary School
Lampington Row, Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN3 0JG
1.16 miles
Speldhurst Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
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1.79 miles
Holmewood House School
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2.08 miles
Penshurst Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
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2.09 miles
Groombridge St Thomas' Church of England Primary School
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Bishops Down Primary and Nursery School
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2.71 miles
Rose Hill School
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2.86 miles
Bidborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
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3.01 miles
St Mark's Church of England Primary School
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3.03 miles
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3.08 miles
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3.25 miles
Chiddingstone Church of England School
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3.4 miles
Broadwater Down Primary School
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3.41 miles
The Wells Free School
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3.49 miles
The Mead School
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3.64 miles
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School
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3.7 miles
St John's Church of England Primary School
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3.84 miles
St Barnabas CofE VA Primary School
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3.88 miles
St Mary the Virgin Church of England Primary School
High Street, Hartfield, East Sussex, TN7 4AA
4.01 miles
Name Distance
Broomhill Bank School
Broomhill Road, Rusthall, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN3 0TB
2.41 miles
Bennett Memorial Diocesan School
Culverden Down, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9SH
2.93 miles
Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School
Southfield Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9UJ
3.39 miles
St Gregory's Catholic School
Reynolds Lane, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9XL
3.49 miles
The Skinners' School
St John's Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9PG
3.5 miles
Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys
St John's Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9XB
3.56 miles
Meadows School
London Road, Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 0RJ
3.58 miles
Nexus Foundation Special School
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4.23 miles
Beechwood School
12 Pembury Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 3QD
4.63 miles
Leigh Academy Tonbridge
Brook Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2PH
4.75 miles
Skinners' Kent Academy
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4.87 miles
The Judd School
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4.87 miles
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