# Bishops Down Primary and Nursery School

Bishops Down Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Tunbridge Wells, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 194 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E118468. [Tunbridge Wells](https://openindex.co.uk/tunbridge-wells)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 194
- Council: Tunbridge Wells
- URN: 118468

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 31 March 2026
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Post-16 provision: Not applicable
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 67% of pupils at Bishops Down Primary and Nursery School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in Kent and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Kent | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 67% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 104 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Rose Hill School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rose-hill-school-e118951): 240 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Bennett Memorial Diocesan School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bennett-memorial-diocesan-school-e136603): 510 m. Secondary. Outstanding (overall), December 2023. Attainment 8 of 53.4 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Broomhill Bank School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/broomhill-bank-school-e119026): 760 m. Special. School remains Good, October 2023
- [Rusthall St Paul's CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rusthall-st-pauls-cofe-primary-school-e151115): 1.2 km. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), April 2023, before the school changed. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/tunbridge-wells-girls-grammar-school-e118789): 1.2 km. Secondary. Outstanding (overall), September 2023. Attainment 8 of 72.5 (2025/26, provisional)
- [The Wells Free School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-wells-free-school-e139696): 1.3 km. Primary. Standards maintained, February 2025. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/118468)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/118468)

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