Brunswick House Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · Maidstone, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.807 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Brunswick House Primary School is a primary school in Maidstone, Kent for ages 5–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 19 July 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Brunswick House 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 | 0.807 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 0.807 miles away, the 83rd shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance, about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2023.
- For 2026 Reception there were 49 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 48 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (2%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 65% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% 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
- Leafy Lane, Maidstone, ME16 0QQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 420 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 27.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 19 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are cherished at this vibrant school.”
- “Pupils live out the school values of respect, teamwork, honesty, self-belief and empathy.”
- “Older pupils delight in taking on roles of responsibility.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, teachers do not use assessment well enough to identify what pupils remember.”
- “Consequently, pupils’ recall of prior learning is less strong.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 September 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) | 65% | 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: 49 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 48 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.
- Maidstone, St Michael's Church of England Junior School 0.7 mi School remains Good
- St Michael's Church of England Infant School Maidstone 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Francis' Catholic Primary School, Maidstone 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Palace Wood Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- North Borough Junior School 0.8 mi School remains Good
- St Paul's Infant School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Allington Primary School 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Archbishop Courtenay Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published