Rodmersham School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Sittingbourne, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.984 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Rodmersham School is a primary school in Sittingbourne, Kent for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 10 July 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Rodmersham 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 | 0.984 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 in 2026 lived 0.984 miles away, the 103rd shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance (middle 2.24 miles).
- The Reception distance for 2026 was nearer the school than in 2025 and 2023, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years.
- In 2024/25, 72% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 17 first-choice applications for 10 offers; 10 offers went to first-choice families and 7 first-choice families were not offered a place.
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
- Rodmersham Green, Sittingbourne, ME9 0PS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 128 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 10 July 2024
Strengths
- “The school values of ‘family’, ‘fairness’ and ‘fearlessness’ shine through at this school.”
- “All pupils, from the very youngest years upwards, can talk about these values and their importance to their lives.”
- “As one pupil explained, being ‘fearless’ is about ‘having a go’ and ‘trying new things’.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 September 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) | 72% | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 10 offers in total, 10 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.
- Tunstall Church of England (Aided) Primary School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- South Avenue Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Canterbury Road Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bapchild and Tonge Church of England Primary School and Nursery 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Oaks Infant School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lansdowne Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Minterne Junior School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published