Platts Heath Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Maidstone, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.066 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Platts Heath Primary School is a primary school in Maidstone, Kent for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 20 April 2022. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Platts Heath 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 | 0.066 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 2024/25, 56% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
- In Reception 2026 the last place went to a child living 0.066 miles away, 2nd shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025; in 2026 there were 2 first-choice applications for 2 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility is 57.4% of pupils, with 10.2 pupils per teacher; the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent have middle figures of 24.9% and 19.9.
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
- Headcorn Road, Platts Heath, Maidstone, ME17 2NH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 61 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 57.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 10.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 20 April 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are well cared for by nurturing staff at Platts Heath.”
- “This is a small school where pupils feel valued.”
- “Each morning, staff on the gate make pupils feel welcomed.”
To improve
- “However, teaching is not of a consistently high quality across the curriculum.”
- “Much of this work is in its infancy.”
- “Consequently, some pupils do not achieve as well as they should.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 September 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) | 56% | 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: 2 first-preference applications, 2 offers in total, 2 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.
- Lenham Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Harrietsham Church of England Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Ulcombe Church of England Primary School 2.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Kingswood Primary School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Egerton Church of England Primary School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Hollingbourne Primary School 3.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Leeds and Broomfield Church of England Primary School 3.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sutton Valence Primary School 4.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published