Park Way Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Maidstone, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.614 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Park Way 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 10 July 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Park Way 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 | 1.614 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
- Reception 2026 drew 25 first-choice applications for 45 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 20 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2026 the last Reception place offered was 1.614 miles away, further than in 2025, the 170th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance.
- In 2024/25, 53% 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
- Park Way, Park Way Primary School, Maidstone, ME15 7AH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 307 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 10 July 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils work hard to embody the school values of respect, resilience and responsibility.”
- “They are kind and accepting of others.”
- “Pupils concentrate deeply in lessons to meet the high expectations of teachers.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, teachers do not explain what pupils are learning clearly enough.”
- “Consequently, some pupils do not learn as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 September 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) | 53% | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 25 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.
- South Borough Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Greenfields Community Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Oaks 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Tiger Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Archbishop Courtenay Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Molehill 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Valley Invicta Primary School At East Borough 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Maidstone, St Michael's Church of England Junior School 1.2 mi School remains Good