Eythorne Elvington Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · Dover, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.477 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Eythorne Elvington Community Primary School is a primary school in Dover, Kent for ages 5–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 13 December 2022. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Eythorne Elvington 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 | 2.477 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 Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 2.477 miles away, the 196th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- 50.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 35% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
- Reception 2026 had 16 first-choice applications for 20 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), and 16% 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
- Adelaide Road, Eythorne, Dover, CT15 4AN
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 111 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 50.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 13 December 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive and flourish at this exciting, nurturing and inclusive school.”
- “The headteacher and staff are united in their ambition for every pupil to achieve their very best, academically and personally.”
- “They are determined that all pupils leave the school as confident individuals who develop a love of learning for life.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 February 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) | 68% | 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: 16 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 16 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.
- Shepherdswell Church of England Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Nonington Church of England Primary School 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lydden Primary School 2.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Aylesham 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Northbourne Church of England Primary School 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Whitfield Aspen School 3.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Aylesham Primary School 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Goodnestone Church of England Primary School 3.4 mi Good Last distance published