Secondary
The Skinners' School
St John's Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9PG
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Boys
- Pupils
- 1149 of 945 places
- Local authority
- Kent
- Admissions
- Selective (grammar)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- VI - Visual Impairment, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Trust
- SKINNERS' ACADEMIES TRUST
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2026
- AchievementStrong standard
- Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
- Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceStrong standard
- Sixth formStrong standard
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
November 2021
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formOutstanding
GCSE results
93%
70.8
2nd of 6 by our score, among the secondary schools in Tunbridge Wells we can score - 7 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 70.8 |
| EBacc average point score | 6.76 |
| Entered the EBacc | 73% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 96% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 93% |
| A level average points per entry | 42.67 |
| A level students | 158 |
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 time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 59% |
| 22/23 | 97% |
| 23/24 | 99% |
| 24/25 | 93% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 47.1 |
| 22/23 | 43.2 |
| 23/24 | 46.0 |
| 24/25 | 42.7 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.03 |
| 22/23 | +0.71 |
| 23/24 | +0.99 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 72.5 |
| 22/23 | 72.7 |
| 23/24 | 74.1 |
| 24/25 | 70.8 |
St John's Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9PG
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 31 October, 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
- Edward Wesson
- Address
- St John's Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9PG
- Telephone
- 01892520732