Whitfield Aspen School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Dover, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.798 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Whitfield Aspen School is a primary school in Dover, Kent for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 14 January 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Whitfield Aspen 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 | 1.798 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 2024/25, 46% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 1.798 miles away, nearer than in 2025 and 2023, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years.
- Reception 2026 had 92 first-choice applications for 78 offers; 78 offers went to first-choice families and 14 first-choice families (15%) were not offered a place.
- There are 13.5 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent is 19.1.
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
- Mayfield Road, Whitfield, Dover, CT16 3LJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 662 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 14 January 2025
Strengths
- “All pupils are welcome and cared for at this inclusive school.”
- “Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) who attend the specialist resource provision, are very much part of this school community.”
- “The school has high aspirations for its pupils, including those with profound, severe and complex needs.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, work to develop the curriculum is not yet complete.”
- “In these subject areas, the activities chosen for pupils to learn do not consistently reflect the full aspiration of the curriculum.”
- “As a result, pupils do not build on their knowledge as effectively as they could in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 March 2025 (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) | 46% | 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: 92 first-preference applications, 78 offers in total, 78 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.
- Green Park Community Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Temple Ewell Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- River Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Shatterlocks Infant and Nursery School 1.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Barton Junior School 1.7 mi School remains Good
- Guston Church of England Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Charlton Church of England Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- White Cliffs Primary and Nursery School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published