Senacre Wood Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Maidstone, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.365 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
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 2023 to 2026 entry.
Senacre Wood 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 | 0.365 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
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.365 miles away, the 19th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The Reception last distance has swung sharply between years; in 2026 it was nearer the school than in 2025 and about the same as in 2023.
- Reception 2026 drew 37 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 26 offers went to first-choice families, and 11 first-choice families (30%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 63% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Graveney Road, Senacre, Maidstone, ME15 8QQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- 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.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kent.
- Leigh Academy Tree Tops 0.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Molehill 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Greenfields Community Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Holy Family Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Oaks 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Langley Park 0.9 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Madginford Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Tiger Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published