Offham Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · West Malling, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.331 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Offham Primary School is a primary school in West Malling, Kent for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 14 January 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Offham 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 | 2.331 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
- For Reception in 2026 there were 28 first-choice applications for 30 offers, 0.9 first choices per offer.
- In 2026, 25 Reception offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families (11%) were not offered a place.
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 2.331 miles away, nearer than in 2025 and further than in 2023; the distance swung sharply between some years.
- 59% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (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 Road, Offham, West Malling, ME19 5NX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 201 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 14 January 2025
Strengths
- “Positive relationships and an ambition to succeed are at the heart of this happy, village school.”
- “Pupils feel safe and well cared for.”
- “The school’s values of collaboration, resilience, responsibility, respect and compassion permeate the curriculum and behaviour expectations.”
To improve
- “However, there are a small number of pupils who require more opportunities to deepen their learning and move on to more complex work.”
- “However, the way that staff check whether pupils understand their learning is not yet embedded.”
- “This means that some pupils have misconceptions that are not identified during lessons.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 February 2025 (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) | 59% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 30 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.
- West Malling Church of England Primary School and McGinty Speech and Language Srp 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ryarsh Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Valley Invicta Primary School At Kings Hill 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- More Park Catholic Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kings Hill School Primary and Nursery 1.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Trottiscliffe Church of England Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Leybourne, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary Academy 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published