Address — The Skinners’ School, St John's Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9PG
Type of school — Boys’ grammar school
Cost — Free
Pupils in school — 1100+
Places available in year 7 — 160+
Average applicants per place — 5 or more
Catchment area — The Skinners’ School does have a catchment area which is made up of an inner and outer area. Up to 140 places will be offered to children in the ‘West Kent Area’, which covers the area within
The inner area consists of the area three miles of the school measured by straight line distance, plus the following named parishes:
Badgers Mount Bidborough Brasted
Brenchley Capel Chevening
Chiddingstone Cowden Dunton Green
Edenbridge Goudhurst Hadlow
Halstead Hever Hildenborough
Horsmonden Ightham Kemsing
Knockholt Lamberhurst Leigh
Otford Paddock Wood Pembury
Penshurst Plaxtol Riverhead
Rusthall Seal Sevenoaks
Sevenoaks Weald Shipbourne Shoreham
Southborough Speldhurst Sundridge with Ide Hill
Tonbridge Tunbridge Wells Westerham
The outer area is defined as being outside the West Kent Area described above, but within the mainland of the United Kingdom.
Oversubscription policy — Before the application of oversubscription criteria, students with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) which names the school and who have passed the assessment will be admitted. As a result of this the published admissions number will be reduced accordingly.
140 places are allocated to students resident in the inner area.
20 places are allocated to students resident in the outer area.
Where qualifying applications for admission exceed the number of inner Area places available, places will be allocated in the following order of priority:
Up to 8 places for pupils, from the defined West Kent Area, registered in that academic year for the Pupil Premium.
Up to 132 places to other pupils from the defined West Kent Area, prioritised as follows. Those living in the West Kent Area with a PESE (11+) score of 360 or more, ranked in order of
Siblings attending the school at the time of application;
Sons of members of staff with at least two years’ service at the time application for admission is made, or if the member of staff has been recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
Those living the shortest distance from the school.
Where qualifying applications for admission exceed the number of outer area places available, places will be allocated in the following order of priority:
Up to 2 places for pupils, from outside the defined West Kent Area, registered in that academic year for the Pupil Premium.
Up to 18 places to other pupils from outside the defined West Kent Area, prioritised as follows. Those living in the West Kent Area with a PESE (11+) score of 360 or more, ranked in order of
Siblings attending the school at the time of application;
Sons of members of staff with at least two years’ service at the time application for admission is made, or if the member of staff has been recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
Those living the shortest distance from the school.
Please note - The furthest outer area place offered in recent years was around 7.8 miles straight line distance from the school (not including siblings or those on Free School Meals).
