Kingswood Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Maidstone, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.213 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Kingswood Primary School is a primary school in Maidstone, Kent for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 19 July 2022. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Kingswood 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 | 2.213 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
- 58% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
- In Reception 2026 there were 8 first-choice applications for 9 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- There are 7.6 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent is 19.9.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 2.213 miles away, the 216th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
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
- Cayser Drive, Kingswood, Maidstone, ME17 3QF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 118 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 7.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 19 July 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are well cared for at Kingswood Primary School.”
- “They appreciate how staff greet them every day and check in with them to make sure that they are ok.”
- “Relationships throughout the school are typically good humoured and mutually respectful.”
To improve
- “This has not yet been fully delivered or evaluated.”
- “Some remain anxious around some decisions about how the school is run and the particular demands facing a small school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 2022 (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) | 58% | 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: 8 first-preference applications, 9 offers in total, 8 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.
- Ulcombe Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Harrietsham Church of England Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Leeds and Broomfield Church of England Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sutton Valence Primary School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Platts Heath Primary School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Hollingbourne Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Langley Park 3.1 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Lenham Primary School 3.5 mi Good Last distance published