Sellindge Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Ashford, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.38 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Sellindge Primary School is a primary school in Ashford, Kent for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 2 February 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Sellindge 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 | 0.38 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
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.38 miles away, the 20th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 34 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 5 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 48% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 expected-standard figure was the lowest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Main Road, Sellindge, Ashford, TN25 6JY
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 198 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 2 February 2023
Strengths
- “They are proud of their work and happy to share their achievements with visitors.”
- “Children in Reception are confident and equally keen to share their ideas.”
- “Expectations of behaviour and engagement in learning are very high.”
To improve
- “Senior leaders know that some elements of the curriculum need to be refined further.”
- “This currently includes design and technology (DT) and physical education (PE), where staff are less secure in teaching the key knowledge and skills pupils should acquire over time.”
- “However, some elements are less established.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 March 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) | 48% | 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: 34 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Lympne Church of England Primary School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brabourne Church of England Primary School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Aldington Primary School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Stowting Church of England Primary School 2.9 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Mersham Primary School 3.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School 3.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Palmarsh Primary School 3.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published