Challock Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 4–11 · Ashford, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.31 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Challock Primary School is a primary school in Ashford, Kent for ages 4–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 11 July 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Challock 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 | 3.31 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 in 2026 there were 32 first-choice applications for 30 offers, 1.1 first choices per offer, the 108th highest of 426 Kent primary schools.
- In 2026, 28 Reception offers went to first-choice families, while 4 first-choice families (13%) were not offered a place.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 3.31 miles away, about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2023.
- 67% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), and 17% 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
- Church Lane, Challock, Ashford, TN25 4BU
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 212 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 11 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils prosper at this warm and ambitious school.”
- “They show great enthusiasm for learning and for the range of activities on offer.”
- “Pupils thrive due to the strong relationships that they build with staff.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 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) | 67% | 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: 32 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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.
- Goat Lees Primary School 3.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Downs View Infant School 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kennington Church of England Academy 3.3 mi School remains Good
- Lady Joanna Thornhill Endowed Primary School 3.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Charing Church of England Primary School 3.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Phoenix Community Primary School 3.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sheldwich Primary School 3.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Chilham, St Mary's Church of England Primary School 4.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published