Skinners' Temple Grove
Primary · Tunbridge Wells · TN2 3UA
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 17 September 2019
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
163 pupils · 78% of 210 capacity
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 53.1% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 25.1% of pupils
- SEN support
- 18.4% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 3.9% of pupils
- Website
- http://www.skinnerstg.org.uk
- URN
- 139052
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.74 first-choice applications per place27 places offered · 20 first-choice applications · usually has places
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
31 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
52% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 24% moved to another state school · 24% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 11 March 2025: Some aspects not as strong
- 17 September 2019: Good
- 16 May 2018: Taking effective action to tackle the areas requiring improvement
- 26 April 2017: Requires improvement
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- Skinners' Kent Academy
- St Barnabas CofE VA Primary School
- Skinners' Kent Primary School
- St John's Church of England Primary School
- St James' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
- Oakley School
- St Matthew's High Brooms Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School