St Paul's Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Maidstone, Kent
St Paul's Infant School is a primary school in Maidstone, Kent for ages 4–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 2 July 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Hillary Road, Maidstone, ME14 2BS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 242 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 2 July 2025
Strengths
- “St Paul’s is a highly inclusive school.”
- “It recognises, nurtures and celebrates each pupil’s unique talents.”
- “Pupils are happy and safe and quickly develop positive attitudes to learning.”
To improve
- “The school recognises that this is not yet the case in some other subjects in the wider curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 September 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 64 first-preference applications, 85 offers in total, 64 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Reception 2026, as Kent published it, drawn on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kent.
- North Borough Junior School 0.1 mi School remains Good
- Sandling Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Valley Invicta Primary School At East Borough 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brunswick House Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Allington Primary School 1.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Palace Wood Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Maidstone, St Michael's Church of England Junior School 1.3 mi School remains Good
- St Michael's Church of England Infant School Maidstone 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published