Ryarsh Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · West Malling, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.656 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Ryarsh Primary School is a primary school in West Malling, Kent for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 12 March 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Ryarsh 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 | 0.656 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
- The last child offered a Reception place for 2026 lived 0.656 miles away, the 72nd shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- The Reception last distance was about the same in 2026 as in 2025 and further than in 2023, and it swung sharply between some years, most between 2023 and 2024.
- For Reception 2026 there were 43 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 13 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 73% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd highest 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
- Birling Road, Ryarsh, West Malling, ME19 5LS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 209 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 12 March 2024
Strengths
- “The school values of compassion, determination, integrity, respect and unity are modelled magnificently by the proud pupils of this thriving school.”
- “Relationships are highly respectful, nurturing and courteous.”
- “The school’s expectations are ambitious, striving for pupils to achieve excellence.”
To improve
- “Progress in mathematics was less strong, with average outcomes at the end of key stage 2, so leaders are focussing on raising standards further.”
- “Pupils remember most of their learning, but occasionally knowledge has not been precisely identified in planning.”
- “This sometimes results in pupils’ recall of knowledge over time being less secure.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 May 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) | 73% | 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: 43 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- West Malling Church of England Primary School and McGinty Speech and Language Srp 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Leybourne, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary Academy 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Offham Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- More Park Catholic Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Trottiscliffe Church of England Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Katherine's School & Nursery 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Lunsford Primary School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published