Overall Oxbridge
#258
6 ranked schools · +656 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
191
Offers
65
Offer rate34.0%
+11.6 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
Granted a strategic crossing of the River Medway by Norman lords in the eleventh century, Tonbridge developed around its motte-and-bailey castle into a market town set across the Medway valley in west Kent. Around 41,000 people live across the borough today.
Tonbridge town centre is widely regarded as one of the most competitive pockets in the borough for school catchments, while Hildenborough, the village to the north, draws families targeting primary places in quieter surroundings. Tonbridge station connects to London Bridge by Southeastern trains in around fifty minutes, with Paddock Wood and Higham Wood extending the residential offer eastward.
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Area Performance
Across 41 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.72/10, +0.26 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
Distribution across all Tonbridge schools
Tonbridge vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Tonbridge schools
top 45% of 14,978
top 45% of 14,978
top 39% of 3,862
top 39% of 3,862
top 47% of 2,555
top 47% of 2,555
Overall Oxbridge
6 ranked schools · +656 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
191
Offers
65
Oxford
4 ranked schools · +139 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198
Applications
100
Offers
36
Cambridge
6 ranked schools · +50 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
91
Offers
29
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