Sandling Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Maidstone, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.991 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Sandling Primary School is a primary school in Maidstone, Kent for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 7 May 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Sandling 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 | 2.991 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, 67% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 2.991 miles away; the middle figure for 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance was 2.24 miles.
- Reception 2026 drew 33 first-choice applications for 44 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and the last distance was further from the school than in 2025.
- 10.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent is 20.2%.
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
- Ashburnham Road, Penenden Heath, Maidstone, ME14 2JG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 421 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 7 May 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils benefit from a rich and broad learning experience in this school.”
- “Alongside the formal curriculum, pupils’ wider development is prioritised through a range of wellconsidered enrichment opportunities.”
- “Weekly outdoor learning sessions support pupils to develop their resilience, safety awareness and problem-solving skills.”
To improve
- “In Reception, mathematics teaching is less secure than other areas of early learning.”
- “Sometimes, teaching focuses on activities rather than children’s understanding of mathematical concepts.”
- “This can affect how well children are able to apply new mathematical learning as it is introduced.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 June 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) | 67% | 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: 33 first-preference applications, 44 offers in total, 33 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.
- St Paul's Infant School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- North Borough Junior School 0.6 mi School remains Good
- Valley Invicta Primary School At East Borough 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brunswick House Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Bearsted 1.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Maidstone, St John's Church of England Primary School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Allington Primary School 1.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Palace Wood Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published