Sandhurst Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · Cranbrook, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
6.876 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Sandhurst Primary School is a primary school in Cranbrook, Kent for ages 5–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 20 November 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Sandhurst Primary 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 | 6.876 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
- In 2026, the last child offered a Reception place lived 6.876 miles away, the 55th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025.
- Reception 2026 had 21 first-choice applications for 24 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 11% 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
- Rye Road, Sandhurst, Sandhurst Primary School, Cranbrook, TN18 5JE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 179 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 20 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils’ well-being is paramount at this happy, welcoming school.”
- “Pupils thrive right from the beginning in Reception.”
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
To improve
- “In some foundation subjects, the curriculum is relatively recent and the school has not finished its work in tailoring it to meet the needs of its pupils more effectively.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 December 2024 (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) | 68% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 24 offers in total, 21 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.
- Hawkhurst Church of England Primary School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Benenden Church of England Primary School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Rolvenden Primary School 3.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cranbrook Church of England Primary School 5.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sissinghurst Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School 5.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wittersham Church of England Primary School 6.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Tenterden Church of England Junior School 6.1 mi Not judged
- Tenterden Infant School 6.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published