St Matthew's High Brooms Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Mixed · Kent
Powder Mill Lane, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9DY
68
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Requires improvement
Graded 26/03/2024
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
93.1%
20.7% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
293
Capacity used
Has space70%
420 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
18 of 18 families who put it first got an offer
23
Places offered
69
Total applications
3.0
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 18 | 18 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 26 | 1 | ● 4% |
| 3rd preference | 25 | 3 | ● 12% |
| Total | 69 | 22 | 32% |
1st preference success by year
Kent lets families list 3 preferences. Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Claire Harris
- Address
- Powder Mill Lane, High Brooms, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9DY
- Phone
- 01892528098
- Local authority
- Kent
- Ward / constituency
- Southborough & Bidborough · Tunbridge Wells
- Area
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 118709
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 54% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 19% | — | — |
| SEN support | 16% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
293 pupils · 420 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
26 March 2024
Full graded inspection
Requires improvement overall effectivenessEarly years Good Personal development Good Quality of education Requires improvement Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Requires improvement
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 314 pupils
Attendance
93.1%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
6.9%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
20.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
1.6%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.9%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
Primary results (Key Stage 2)
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 68% | — | — |
| Higher standard | 19% | — | — |
| Reading progress | — | — | 0.0 |
| Writing progress | — | — | 0.0 |
| Maths progress | — | — | 0.0 |
Primary results by subject (SATs)
Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England
Reading, writing & maths combined
Reading
Writing
Maths
Grammar, punctuation & spelling
Science
England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).
Primary results over time
Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Expected standard (RWM) | 59% | 61% |
| Higher standard | 8% | 8% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Kent council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Reception (primary) | 15 January | 16 April (or next working day) |
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.