Boughton Monchelsea Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Maidstone, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.163 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Boughton Monchelsea Primary School is a primary school in Maidstone, Kent for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 29 September 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Boughton Monchelsea 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 | 4.163 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 4.163 miles away, the 118th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The Reception last distance swung sharply between some years; the 2026 figure was further than in 2025, further than in 2023 and the longest of the 4 years.
- Reception 2026 had 20 first-choice applications for 28 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 8 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 47% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
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
- Church Hill, Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone, ME17 4HP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 202 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 29 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are enthusiastic and happy.”
- “The school has high expectations for behaviour and most pupils meet them with pride.”
- “This helps them to improve their conduct, ensuring that everyone feels safe and included.”
To improve
- “These activities are often effective, but some do not precisely target where pupils may be struggling.”
- “This means that some pupils have not consistently moved through the school with fluency, confidence and joy for reading.”
- “Some subjects are less coherently planned.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 November 2023 (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) | 47% | 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: 20 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 20 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.
- Loose Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- The Holy Family Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Tree Tops 1.3 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Tiger Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Langley Park 1.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Oaks 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Molehill 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Coxheath Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published