Plaxtol Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Sevenoaks, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.33 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Plaxtol Primary School is a primary school in Sevenoaks, Kent for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 21 March 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Plaxtol 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 | 3.33 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 3.33 miles away, the 153rd longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 8 first-choice applications for 15 offers: 7 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (13%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 85% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the 3rd highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent that have results.
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
- School Lane, Plaxtol, Sevenoaks, TN15 0QD
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 85 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 21 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are well supported to become aspirational and independent learners in this welcoming school.”
- “Leaders create a nurturing environment, where pupils feel safe and are empowered to take risks in their learning.”
- “The needs of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are identified quickly.”
To improve
- “Some pupils report that bullying happens occasionally.”
- “Leaders have managed a range of challenges recently, including flood damage, that has prevented children having full access to the early years curriculum.”
- “Pupils report that low-level disruption occurs very occasionally but learning is mostly uninterrupted.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 May 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) | 85% | 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: 8 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 7 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.
- Shipbourne School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Lawrence Church of England Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Ightham Primary School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Borough Green Primary School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Platt Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 2.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hadlow Primary School 3.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Woodlands Primary School 3.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School 3.0 mi Good Last distance published