Eastling Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Faversham, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.631 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Eastling Primary School is a primary school in Faversham, Kent for ages 4–11 (community school). Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Eastling 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 | 4.631 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 2026, the last child offered a place lived 4.631 miles away, 104th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- That 2026 distance was further than in 2025 and about the same as in 2024; the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 12 first-choice applications for 13 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 59% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 12% 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
- Kettle Hill Road, Eastling, Faversham, ME13 0BA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 104 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 13 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive in this school’s welcoming and supportive environment.”
- “Staff greet pupils and their families warmly each morning.”
- “Everyone is made to feel welcome.”
To improve
- “The curriculum is well taught, however, in some subjects, staff do not consistently check that all pupils understand the learning, before moving on to more difficult ideas.”
- “However, at times, teachers do not check pupils' understanding carefully enough.”
- “When this is the case, pupils do not progress through the curriculum as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 March 2026 (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: 12 first-preference applications, 13 offers in total, 12 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.
- Sheldwich Primary School 2.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Lynsted and Norton Primary School 3.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ospringe Church of England Primary School 3.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ethelbert Road Primary School 4.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Milstead and Frinsted Church of England Primary School 4.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bysing Wood Primary School 4.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Teynham Parochial Church of England Primary School 4.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Luddenham School 4.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published