Our Catholic schools

DIOCESAN STATE-AIDED SCHOOLS

St. Augustine’s Catholic Primary

St Augustine’s School in Wilman Road is very much our local diocesan Catholic primary school. It caters for children from the age of four, and most of the children are Catholics from the parishes of Tunbridge Wells, Southborough, and Pembury and Paddock Wood. There are close contacts between the school and St Augustine’s parish, and the whole life of the school is rooted in the Catholic Faith. The 1997 Ofsted Report tells of well-behaved children who are keen to learn and receive a good education from a committed team of teachers in a welcoming and caring environment. For more information contact the headteacher or visit www.st-augustines.kent.sch.uk.

St. Gregory’s Catholic Comprehensive

St Gregory’s is our deanery’s Catholic comprehensive school for students between the ages of 11 and 18, both boys and girls. The school is situated in Reynolds Lane on the ‘border’ between Tunbridge Wells and Southborough, not far from St Augustine’s Primary School. It works to provide a full, broad and balanced curriculum to students of all abilities. The school is proud of its reputation as a school that tries to allow each young person to fulfil his or her potential within a culture and ethos based on Christian values and the tenets of the Catholic Faith. The 1999 Ofsted Report sees St Gregory’s as a very good school which provides an education of high quality. Examination results are consistently high, and facilities at the school include four computer rooms, seven science laboratories, music and art suites, a library and a large chapel for year and whole-school assemblies and Masses. Besides a system of tutor groups and form tutors, St Gregory’s also has both a ‘Special Needs Co-ordinator’ and a ‘More Able Co-ordinator’ to meet the needs of students with exceptional ability. The school now has a team of year chaplains. For more information, contact the headteacher. Click HERE for the school's web site.

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL

This independent, fee-paying day and boarding school in Pembury Road was founded in 1915 by the Sisters of the Sacred Heart Order, but was taken over in 1971 by a lay charitable trust. It maintains a Catholic ethos while welcoming students of all faiths. Beechwood has a long history of high standards in education and sporting activities, and music and the performing arts play a prominent part in school life. The school has a Preparatory Department, taking girls and boys from 3-11. The main school takes girls from 11-18. For further information, contact the headteacher. Click HERE for the school's web site.

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