The Skinners' School
Ofsted: Strong
Score
A85
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9PG
- Distance
- 2.2km away
Skinners' Kent Academy
Sandown Park, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 4PY
Local ranking44th of 102 secondary schools in Kent
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1150
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 10 May 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 43.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 40.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 65.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 170
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 8.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 85.0%
- Higher education
- 27.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 55.0%
- Not sustained
- 12.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Applied General Avg Points
- 31.1
- 16-18 Cohort
- 155
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1035
- Boys
- 560 (55%)
- Girls
- 457 (45%)
- Capacity
- 1150 (88% full)
- SEND
- 27.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 31.1%
- EAL
- 10.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.1%
- SEN Support
- 24.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 61.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,087/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 77.0%
- White Other: 9.1%
- Mixed Other: 3.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.3%
- Other: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.2%
- Asian Indian: 1.0%
- Black African: 1.0%
77.0%
White British
9.1%
White Other
3.8%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Sandown Park
Tunbridge Wells, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 135888
- UKPRN
- 10027550
- Establishment No.
- 6916
- Trust
- SKINNERS' ACADEMIES TRUST
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