Blean Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Canterbury, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.466 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Blean Primary School is a primary school in Canterbury, Kent for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Outstanding, from the inspection on 9 March 2022. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Blean 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 | 1.466 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
- There were 80 first-choice applications for 60 offers for Reception 2026; 58 offers went to first-choice families, and 22 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 1.466 miles away, further than in 2025 and nearer than in 2023.
- In 2024/25, 80% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 25% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2024/25 reading, writing and maths expected-standard figure was the 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
- Whitstable Road, Blean, Canterbury, CT2 9ED
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 449 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding Inspected 9 March 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive in this exceptional school.”
- “The enthusiasm displayed by pupils and staff is infectious.”
- “They are extremely happy, feel safe and thoroughly enjoy their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 May 2022 (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) | 80% | 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: 80 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 58 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.
- St Stephen's Junior School 1.3 mi School remains Good
- St Stephen's Infant School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- The Canterbury Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Johns Church of England Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Methodist Primary School 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Canterbury 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Wincheap Foundation Primary School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Parkside Community Foundation Primary School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published