Overall Oxbridge
#914
4 ranked schools · 0 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
74
Offers
21
Offer rate28.4%
+6.0 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
England's most celebrated inland spa town, Royal Tunbridge Wells built its character around a chalybeate spring first visited in 1606, growing into a fashionable Georgian resort where Beau Nash held court along the Pantiles in the mid-1700s. The town lies on the northern edge of the High Weald in Kent, its sandstone topography giving rise to landmarks such as High Rocks. Some 60,000 people call it home.
Southeastern trains from Tunbridge Wells station reach London Charing Cross in around an hour. Speldhurst draws families competing for primary catchments in one of the area's most sought-after school corridors, while Pembury to the northeast has long been a school-competitive corner of the borough. Hawkenbury and Langton Green offer quieter residential alternatives, with Sevenoaks extending the broader catchment reach northward.
28
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6
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3
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Area Performance
Across 44 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.58/10, +0.11 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
Distribution across all Tunbridge Wells schools
Tunbridge Wells vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Tunbridge Wells schools
top 41% of 14,978
top 41% of 14,978
top 31% of 3,862
top 31% of 3,862
top 40% of 2,555
top 40% of 2,555
Overall Oxbridge
4 ranked schools · 0 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
74
Offers
21
Oxford
3 ranked schools · +30 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198
Applications
28
Offers
6
Cambridge
4 ranked schools · -37 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
46
Offers
15
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