Mersham Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 4–11 · Ashford, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.971 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Mersham Primary School is a primary school in Ashford, Kent for ages 4–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 23 February 2022. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Mersham 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 | 2.971 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
- Reception 2026 had 13 first-choice applications for 20 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 7 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 52% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 expected-standard figure was the lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent that have results.
- It has 13.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.8 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
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 Road, Mersham, Ashford, TN25 6NU
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 140 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 23 February 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils love their school and enjoy learning here.”
- “Pupils and staff have positive relationships.”
- “Pupils’ well-being is of the utmost importance to all leaders and staff.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils could be helped to learn even more effectively to deepen their knowledge and understanding.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 April 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) | 52% | 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: 13 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 13 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.
- Smeeth Community Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Finberry Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Aldington Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Willesborough Junior School 1.9 mi School remains Good
- Willesborough Infant School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- East Stour Primary School 2.2 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Furley Park Primary Academy 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Brook Community Primary School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published