Holmewood House School
Holmewood House School is an independent school in Tunbridge Wells for boys and girls aged 2 to 13. It has 439 pupils and room for 540.
Barrow Lane, Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells, TN3 0EB01892 860000holmewoodhouse.co.ukMrs Ruth O'Sullivan headteacherAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Kent council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 439 | 449 | 470 | 449 | 439 | 431 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 15% | 2% | 31% | 16% | 9% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langton Green Primary School | Council | 0.8 miles | 422 | Good 2024 | 91 | Compare |
| Rusthall St Paul's CofE Primary School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 108 | Requires improvement 2023 | 7 | Compare |
| St Mark's Church of England Primary School | Academy | 1.2 miles | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Bishops Down Primary and Nursery School | Council | 1.5 miles | 194 | Report card 2026 | 59 | Compare |
| Broomhill Bank School | Foundation special school | 1.5 miles | 404 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| Broadwater Down Primary School | Council | 1.6 miles | 109 | Good 2023 | 66 | Compare |
| Rose Hill School | Independent | 1.6 miles | 223 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Speldhurst Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | Church of England | 1.7 miles | 212 | No overall grade 2025 | 98 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Holmewood House School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Holmewood House School yet.
How many pupils does Holmewood House School have?
439 pupils aged 2 to 13 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 540 places, so it is 81% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Barrow Lane, Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells, TN3 0EB
- Telephone
- 01892 860000
- Website
- www.holmewoodhouse.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Ruth O'Sullivan
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 2-13, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Kent
- Ward
- Rusthall & Speldhurst
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 January 1951
- URN
- 118950 · LAESTAB 8866012 · UKPRN 10015872
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.