Vigo Village School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Gravesend, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.682 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Vigo Village School is a primary school in Gravesend, Kent for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 21 January 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Vigo Village 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 | 3.682 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, 72% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), but 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 there were 17 first-choice applications for 26 offers: every first-choice family was offered a place, and 9 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- The last child offered a Reception place for 2026 lived 3.682 miles away, the 131st longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance; further than in 2025.
- 21.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 9.5% across 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
- Erskine Road, Vigo Village, Meopham, Gravesend, DA13 0RL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 134 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 21 January 2025
Strengths
- “From their start in the early years, children are well known by staff at this school.”
- “Parents, pupils and staff comment on how much they value this and the ‘family feel’ of the school.”
- “Staff draw on their knowledge of pupils to provide them with support and extra help where they need it.”
To improve
- “On occasion, the approaches that staff use are less successful in supporting pupils to learn the key ideas in the curriculum.”
- “Sometimes, staff do not check pupils’ understanding thoroughly.”
- “In other instances, information is presented in unclear ways.”
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) | 72% | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 17 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.
- Trottiscliffe Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Culverstone Green Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ryarsh Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St George's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Offham Primary School 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase 2.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Platt Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 2.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Meopham Community Academy 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published