Wingham Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Canterbury, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.561 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Wingham Primary School is a primary school in Canterbury, Kent for ages 4–11 (community school). Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Wingham 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 | 3.561 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 in 2026 lived 3.561 miles from the school, the 140th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- That 2026 Reception distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2023, after a sharp swing between 2023 and 2025.
- Reception 2026 had 35 first-choice applications for 30 offers; all 30 went to first-choice families, and 5 first-choice families (14%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (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
- School Lane, Wingham, Canterbury, CT3 1BD
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 204 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 6 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils achieve well in this school’s nurturing and highly supportive environment.”
- “Well‑established routines help pupils to feel safe, secure and ready to learn.”
- “Pupils are enthusiastic about completing the interesting curriculum challenges that staff plan for them.”
To improve
- “However, pupils do not master multiplication facts as well as they should.”
- “This sometimes hinders their fluency in calculation.”
- “Some pupils were not as fluent in the recall of multiplication facts as they could be.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 March 2026 (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) | 77% | 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: 35 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Wickhambreaux Church of England Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Goodnestone Church of England Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Littlebourne Church of England Primary School 2.0 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Adisham Church of England Primary School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Preston Primary School 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ash Cartwright and Kelsey Church of England Primary School 2.8 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Aylesham 3.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Aylesham Primary School 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published