Davington Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · Faversham, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.366 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Davington Primary School is a primary school in Faversham, Kent for ages 5–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 June 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Davington 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 | 1.366 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 1.366 miles away, the 138th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The Reception last distance swung sharply between some years; the 2026 figure was further than in 2025 and in 2023, and the longest of the 3 years.
- Reception 2026 had 44 first-choice applications for 60 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 16 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% 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
- Priory Row, Davington, Faversham, ME13 7EQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 415 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this happy school.”
- “They form positive relationships with one another.”
- “One pupil shared the views of many when they said, ‘We are kind to each other and treat others how you would want to be treated.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, the curriculum is less well developed.”
- “Pupils’ learning does not always build coherently over time.”
- “Some pupils can become distracted in class, but settle well to learning once reminded by staff.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 September 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) | 70% | 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: 44 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 44 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.
- Bysing Wood Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary of Charity CofE (Aided) Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ethelbert Road Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ospringe Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Luddenham School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Graveney Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Boughton-under-Blean and Dunkirk Primary School 3.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Sheldwich Primary School 3.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published