Senacre Wood Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Maidstone, Kent
Senacre Wood Primary School is a primary school in Maidstone, Kent for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 4 December 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Graveney Road, Senacre, Maidstone, ME15 8QQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 210 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 4 December 2024
Strengths
- “They are well nurtured and cared for, personally and academically.”
- “This purposeful, busy school balances a happy but controlled atmosphere.”
- “It is calm but not regimented.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils are not given sufficient timely practice to get better at translating this into more fluent handwriting.”
- “This means that some pupils struggle to write down their ideas, restricting their improvement in writing overall.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 January 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) | 63% | 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: 37 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 26 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
- Earlier years of exam results
- Which schools pupils move on to or come from
- 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.
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Straight-line distance, in Kent.
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