OA Tunbridge Wells
Special / other · Royal Tunbridge Wells · TN4 9TX
Data updated
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.
Ofsted placed this school in a statutory category of concern, special measures, at the inspection of 27 February 2024. It stands until a later inspection lifts it.
Inspected 27 February 2024
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- School type
- Academy alternative provision sponsor led
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 0% of pupils (January 2026)
- URN
- 151544
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, special schools and PRUs: 0.68% vacant, 1.02% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £55,039; 42.9% on the leadership pay range · England, special schools and PRUs: £53,604, 18.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 42.9% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 10.5% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 47.2% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 11.4% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 55.9% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 81.1% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 10.2% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 8.7% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 28.6% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 3.1% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 45.1% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 8.5% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01024837 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £440,000521 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £321,500–£670,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 1an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 7an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 17an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 4an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted
Nearby schools
- Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys
- St Gregory's Catholic School
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School
- Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School
- St John's Church of England Primary School
- The Skinners' School
- Southborough CofE Primary School
- St Matthew's High Brooms Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School