Smeeth Community Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 4–11 · Ashford, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
6.343 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Smeeth Community Primary School is a primary school in Ashford, Kent for ages 4–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 3 July 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Smeeth Community 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 | 6.343 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 for 2026 lived 6.343 miles away, the 66th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- The Reception last distance in 2026 was further from the school than in 2025.
- For Reception 2026 there were 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, 62% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%).
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
- Caroland Close, Smeeth, Ashford, TN25 6RX
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 120 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 3 July 2023
Strengths
- “Smeeth Community Primary School has a strong community feel which is shared by leaders, staff, pupils, parents and carers alike.”
- “As a small school, pupils and their families are known especially well and they benefit from these positive relationships.”
- “Pupils take responsibility for making their school inclusive and welcoming to all.”
To improve
- “In some foundation subjects, however, this assessment is not as precise as it could be.”
- “At times, they cannot always remember this learning longer term.”
- “Leaders have rightly identified this as an area they need to develop further.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 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) | 62% | 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.
- Brabourne Church of England Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Mersham Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sellindge Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Brook Community Primary School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Aldington Primary School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Willesborough Infant School 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Willesborough Junior School 3.0 mi School remains Good
- Stowting Church of England Primary School 3.2 mi Improved significantly Last distance published