Cecil Road Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 3–11 · Gravesend, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.437 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Cecil Road Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Gravesend, Kent for ages 3–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 25 March 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Cecil Road Primary and Nursery School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.437 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.437 miles away, the 29th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- The Reception 2026 distance was nearer the school than in 2025 but further than in 2024; the sharpest swing between years came from 2024 to 2025.
- Reception 2026 drew 68 first-choice applications for 54 offers; all 54 offers went to first-choice families, and 14 first-choice families (21%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 61% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 9% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Cecil Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, DA11 7BT
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 442 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 25 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive in this caring community.”
- “Pupils embody the school values, including cooperation and compassion.”
- “This is evident in the focused atmosphere in classrooms.”
To improve
- “However, the teaching of vital skills, such as letter formation and spelling, is not always effective.”
- “The school has begun to address this, but the approach is not yet embedded.”
- “As a result, a small number of pupils in most year groups do not always complete their written work as accurately as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 May 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 61% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 68 first-preference applications, 54 offers in total, 54 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kent.
- Copperfield Academy 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wrotham Road Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shears Green Infant School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Shears Green Junior School 0.5 mi School remains Good
- St Botolph's Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Rosherville Church of England Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Northfleet 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published