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The Wells Free School

Primary Free school in Tunbridge Wells TN4 8FA

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  • School Reference Number: 139696
  • Address: King Charles Square, Tunbridge Wells TN4 8FA
  • Headteacher: Mrs Katharine Le Page
  • Telephone: 01892 739075
  • Website: thewellsfreeschool.co.uk
  • Managing Organisation: THE WELLS FREE SCHOOL
  • Type: Free Schools
  • Sub-Type: Free schools
  • Phase: Primary
  • Pupil Capacity: 210
  • Local Education Authority: Kent
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Age Range: 4 to 11
  • Admissions Policy: Not applicable
  • Active From: September 2013* (New Provision)

* Active From and To dates don't necessarily mean that a school opened or closed on those dates. Schools are allocated a new Reference Number when they change status in any way, for example when a local authority school converts to an academy or when schools are combined or merged.

Further Information

Latest Ofsted Rating

Inspected on 19/05/2015

Rating published on 29/06/2015

Overall effectiveness: Good

Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good

Early years provision: Good

All Ofsted Reports

Inspection DatePublication DateInspection TypeRatingPDF Link
18 June 2019 12 July 2019 Short inspection
19 May 2015 29 June 2015 Full inspection Good

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Information on this page is sumarised from two sources: EduBase, which is the government database of schools in England and Wales, and Ofsted, which is responsible for inspecting schools and educational establishments in England. You can view the full, unedited data from these providers below. Ofsted data will only be available for currently active registrations and recently closed registrations.

Unique Reference Number139696
Local Authority Code886
Local Authority NameKent
Establishment Number2025
School / College NameThe Wells Free School
Establishment Type Code35
Establishment typeFree schools
Establishment Type Group Code11
Establishment Type GroupFree Schools
Establishment Status Code1
Establishment statusOpen
Reason Establishment Opened Code06
Reason establishment openedNew Provision
Open date01-09-2013
Reason Establishment Closed Code99
Reason establishment closed
Close date
Phase Of Education Code 2
Phase of educationPrimary
Age range Low4
Age range High11
Boarders Code0
BoardersNot applicable
Nursery provisionNo Nursery Classes
Official Sixth Form Code2
Official sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
Gender Code3
Gender of entryMixed
Religious Character Code06
Religious characterNone
Religious ethosNone
Diocese Code9999
Diocese
Admissions Policy Code0
Admissons policyNot applicable
School capacity210
Special Classes Code0
Special classesNot applicable
Census Date18-01-2024
Number of Pupils210
Number of Boys118
Number of Girls92
Percentage Free School Meals17.10
Trust School Flag Code5
Trust School Flag Supported by a single-academy trust
Trusts Code5250
Academy trust or TrustTHE WELLS FREE SCHOOL
School Sponsor Flag-
Academy sponsor
Federation FlagNot applicable
Federations Code
Federation
UKPRN10041721
FEHE Identifier
Further education typeNot applicable
Last Changed Date05-12-2024
StreetKing Charles Square
Locality
Address3
TownTunbridge Wells
County (name)Kent
PostcodeTN4 8FA
Websitewww.thewellsfreeschool.co.uk/
Telephone01892739075
Headteacher/Principal titleMrs
Headteacher/Principal first nameKatharine
Headteacher/Principal last nameLe Page
Headteacher/Principal Job TitleHeadteacher
BSO Inspectorate NameNot applicable
Inspectorate Report
Date of Last Inspection Visit
Next Inspection Visit
Teenage mothers provisionNot applicable
Teenage mothers capacity
Childcare facilities provision
SEN facilitiesNot applicable
Pupils with EBDNot applicable
Number of places
Full time provision
Pupils educated by other providers
Section 41 approvedNot applicable
SEN provision
Type of resourced provision
Resourced provision number on roll
Resourced provision capacity
SEN unit number on roll
SEN unit capacity
Government Office Region CodeJ
Government Office RegionSouth East
District CodeE07000116
DistrictTunbridge Wells
Ward CodeE05015804
WardCulverden
Parliamentary Constituency CodeE14001555
Parliamentary ConstituencyTunbridge Wells
Urban/Rural CodeC1
Urban/Rural Description(England/Wales) Urban city and town
GSS LA CodeE10000016
Easting558235
Northing139866
Middle Super Output Area (MSOA)Tunbridge Wells 008
Lower Super Output Area (LSOA)Tunbridge Wells 008E
Inspectorate NameOfsted
Number of special pupils under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Number of special pupils not under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Boarding Establishment
Proprietor's Name
Previous Local Authority Code999
Previous local authority
Previous establishment number
Country
UPRN10024139359
Site Name
QAB Code0
QAB NameNot applicable
Establishment Accredited Code0
Establishment AccreditedNot applicable
QAB Report
CH Number
MSOA CodeE02005169
LSOA CodeE01035012
Free School Meals36
Accreditation Expiry Date
URN139696
Web Linkhttp://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/139696
LAESTAB8862025
School nameThe Wells Free School
Ofsted phasePrimary
Type of educationFree School
School open date01/09/2013
Admissions policyNot applicable
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
Designated religious characterNone
Religious ethosNone
Faith groupingNon-faith
Ofsted regionSouth East
RegionSouth East
Local authorityKent
Parliamentary constituencyTunbridge Wells
Multi-academy trust UIDN/A
Multi-academy trust nameN/A
Academy sponsor UIDN/A
Academy sponsor nameN/A
PostcodeTN4 8FA
Number of warning notices issued in 2023/24 academic yearN/A
The income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI) quintile1
Total number of pupils210
Statutory lowest age4
Statutory highest age11
Latest ungraded inspection number since last graded inspection10087976
Does the ungraded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of the ungraded inspection139696
LAESTAB at time of the ungraded inspection8862025
School name at time of the ungraded inspectionThe Wells Free School
School type at time of the ungraded inspectionFree School
Number of ungraded inspections since the last graded inspection1
Date of latest ungraded inspection18/06/2019
Ungraded inspection publication date11/07/2019
Did the latest ungraded inspection convert to a graded inspection?No
Ungraded inspection overall outcomeSchool remains Good
Number of monitoring and urgent inspections since last graded inspectionN/A
Inspection number of latest graded inspectionITS450287
Inspection typeS5 Inspection
Inspection type groupingS5 Inspection
Event type groupingSchools - S5
Inspection start date19/05/2015
Publication date29/06/2015
Does the latest graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of latest graded inspection139696
LAESTAB at time of latest graded inspection8862025
School name at time of latest graded inspectionThe Wells Free School
School type at time of latest graded inspectionFree School
Current school type used for chart C6Free school
Overall effectivenessGood
Category of concernN/A
Quality of educationN/A
Behaviour and attitudesN/A
Personal developmentN/A
Effectiveness of leadership and managementGood
Safeguarding is effective?N/A
Early years provisionGood
Sixth form provisionN/A
Previous inspection numberN/A
Previous inspection start dateN/A
Previous publication dateN/A
Does the previous graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?N/A
URN at time of previous graded inspectionN/A
LAESTAB at time of previous graded inspectionN/A
School name at time of previous graded inspectionN/A
School type at time of previous graded inspectionN/A
Previous graded inspection overall effectivenessN/A
Previous category of concernN/A
Previous quality of educationN/A
Previous behaviour and attitudesN/A
Previous personal developmentN/A
Previous effectiveness of leadership and managementN/A
Previous safeguarding is effective?N/A
Previous early years provisionN/A
Previous sixth form provisionN/A

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