Bidborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Voluntary controlled primary school in Tunbridge Wells (Kent).
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iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).Press Map+ on the map for a full-screen view with neighbourhood deprivation layers.
Nearby schools
nearest first20 schools within 2 miles. The nearest is Meadows School, 0.7 miles away.
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| Phase | Ofsted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meadows SchoolNon-maintained special | 0.7 mi | Special | 65 | No overall grade, 2024Outstanding in 1 key judgement, Good in 3; sixth form provision Outstanding |
| Southborough CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled | 1.0 mi | Primary | 631 | Ungraded inspection, Mar 2024Last graded Good (Mar 2014) |
| Nexus Foundation Special SchoolFoundation special | 1.3 mi | Special | 307 | Good, 2023 |
| Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for BoysCommunity | 1.4 mi | Secondary | 1,875 | Report card, 2026Strong standard in 4 areas, Expected standard in 3 |
| Speldhurst Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided | 1.4 mi | Primary | 212 | No overall grade, 2025Outstanding in all four key judgements; early years provision Outstanding |
| St Gregory's Catholic SchoolAcademy converter | 1.4 mi | Secondary | 1,093 | No overall grade, 2024Good in all four key judgements; sixth form provision Good |
| OA Tunbridge WellsAcademy alternative provision sponsor led | 1.4 mi | Alternative provision | - | Inadequate, 2024This inspection was of the school this one replaced. |
| Broomhill Bank SchoolFoundation special | 1.5 mi | Special | 404 | Ungraded inspection, Oct 2023Last graded Good (Mar 2018) |
| St Augustine's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 1.6 mi | Primary | 241 | Report card, 2026Expected standard in 5 areas, Needs attention in 2 |
| St Matthew's High Brooms Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled | 1.6 mi | Primary | 293 | Requires improvement, 2024 |
| Bennett Memorial Diocesan SchoolAcademy converter | 1.7 mi | Secondary | 1,913 | Outstanding, 2023 |
| Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar SchoolFoundation | 1.7 mi | Secondary | 1,123 | Outstanding, 2023 |
| St John's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled | 1.7 mi | Primary | 633 | Ungraded inspection, Mar 2023Last graded Good (Nov 2017) |
| Leigh Academy TonbridgeAcademy converter | 1.8 mi | Secondary | 807 | Good, 2022 |
| Rose Hill SchoolOther independent | 1.8 mi | Independent | 223 | - |
| Bishops Down Primary and Nursery SchoolCommunity | 1.9 mi | Primary | 194 | Report card, 2026Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 5 |
| The Judd SchoolVoluntary aided | 1.9 mi | Secondary | 1,541 | No overall grade, 2025Outstanding in all four key judgements; sixth form provision Outstanding |
| The Skinners' SchoolAcademy converter | 1.9 mi | Secondary | 1,149 | Report card, 2026Strong standard in 6 areas, Expected standard in 1 |
| Sussex Road Community Primary SchoolCommunity | 1.9 mi | Primary | 422 | Report card, 2026Strong standard in 5 areas, Expected standard in 2 |
| Tonbridge Grammar SchoolAcademy converter | 2.0 mi | Secondary | 1,150 | Outstanding, 2019Ungraded inspection Dec 2024, no grade given |
Straight-line distance from each school's register location, in miles: schools within 2 miles, widened to 5 or 10 miles where fewer than 10 schools are that close. Register details: Get Information about Schools, DfE (extract of 24 Oct 2026). Ofsted: the latest outcome in our data (Ofsted management information as at 30 Sep 2026, so a newer report may exist). Where no Ofsted outcome is shown we do not hold one; many independent schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate instead. Phase colours match the map. Governance Register does not rank schools.
The neighbourhood
iEnglish Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) for the small area around the school (LSOA).This school's neighbourhood is among the 20% least deprived in England (Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, decile 9 of 10).
Each number is a decile from 1 to 10: 1 = the most deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, 10 = the least deprived 10%.
- Children in income-deprived families
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