Community links

St Matthew’s CE Primary School is an active part of the local community. Over the course of each year we work with a wide variety of members of the local  community and associations on projects, activities and fund raising events. We value our community and support as many local initiatives as possible, some are listed below:

• Children have provided contributions, in the form of tinned produce and non-perishable goods, to those in need in the local community. These contributions were donated to our local Food Bank and Community Larder.
•  Children from the school choir have also sung to community groups at Christmas in St Matthew’s Church.
• We have developed links with students from the following schools who have worked very closely with many of our children, TWGGS, Skinners Kent Academy, Judd, Bennett Memorial, Hillview and Skinners Boys Grammar School.
• We have supported the local Rotary club with their Christmas Shoebox Appeal.
• We open our World War Two Air Raid Shelter, located under our Junior playground, to the Heritage Society during the school year.
• We support our local Beaver, Cub and Scouts; Rainbows, Brownies and Guides; Karate; and Dance groups by offering our halls.
• We have taken part in ‘Tunbridge Wells in Bloom’, and received Gold Awards

If you would like to find out more about the work that goes on within the local community and connect with the many associated groups that operate, please feel free to contact the school office on 01892 528098, or alternatively contact our Family Liaison Officer- Mrs Julie Dent who will be happy to help further.