East Farleigh Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Maidstone, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.892 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
East Farleigh Primary School is a primary school in Maidstone, Kent for ages 4–11 (community school). Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
East Farleigh 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 | 1.892 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 1.892 miles away, the 196th shortest 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 29 first-choice applications for 30 offers: 27 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% 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
- Vicarage Lane, East Farleigh, Maidstone, ME15 0LY
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 199 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 9 June 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils know the school's values of ‘Engage, Excite and Empower’ very well and demonstrate this knowledge throughout the school day.”
- “Pupils get on well with each other.”
- “Older pupils role model positive behaviour for their younger peers.”
To improve
- “However, absence among disadvantaged pupils remains too frequent.”
- “This limits their ability to access the full range of learning opportunities within the well-designed curriculum.”
- “Disadvantaged pupils do not attend school consistently well enough.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 July 2026 (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) | 63% | 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: 29 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 27 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.
- Coxheath Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Jubilee Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Barming Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- West Borough Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Loose Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Maidstone, St Michael's Church of England Junior School 1.8 mi School remains Good
- St Michael's Church of England Infant School Maidstone 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Archbishop Courtenay Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published