Lunsford Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Aylesford, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.785 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lunsford Primary School is a primary school in Aylesford, Kent for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 June 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Lunsford 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 | 0.785 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 2026 Reception last distance offered was 0.785 miles, the 81st shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance; the middle figure was 2.24 miles.
- The Reception last distance was further in 2026 than 2025 or 2023, with the biggest move from 2025 to 2026; the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 22 first-choice applications for 25 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 35% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, lowest of 7 schools: this one and 6 of the 8 nearest Kent primary schools that have results.
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
- Swallow Road, Larkfield, Aylesford, ME20 6PY
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 202 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 June 2023
Strengths
- “This school prepares pupils well for the future.”
- “Pupils enjoy regular ‘inspiration days’, offering enrichment opportunities across the school.”
- “Well-being is embedded into experiences such as outdoor learning and mindfulness clubs.”
To improve
- “Occasionally, the modelling of sounds by some staff is less precise, which prevents some pupils achieving well in reading.”
- “However, this approach is not embedded in every subject.”
- “This means that, in some areas of the curriculum, teachers may be less certain about what pupils securely remember.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 July 2023 (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) | 35% | 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: 22 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 22 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.
- Brookfield Infant School 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Brookfield Junior School 0.1 mi School remains Good
- Leybourne, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lift St James the Great 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ditton Church of England Junior School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Ditton Infant School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- More Park Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published