Fawkham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5–11 · LONGFIELD, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.672 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Fawkham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school in LONGFIELD, Kent for ages 5–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 22 November 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Fawkham Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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 | 2.672 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 last child offered a Reception place for 2026 lived 2.672 miles away, the 185th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception distance was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance, further than in 2025 and 2024, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 16 first-choice applications for 15 offers; 15 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 18% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Valley Road, Fawkham, LONGFIELD, DA3 8NA
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 103 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 22 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at this school are at the heart of the ‘Fawkham family’.”
- “They enjoy school and attend frequently.”
- “Pupils are polite, kind and respectful.”
To improve
- “However, a very small number of subjects are in the earlier stages of development.”
- “In these subjects, pupils struggle to recall prior knowledge or make links in their learning.”
- “This is due to pupils having gaps in their knowledge from weaker curriculum thinking in the past.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 January 2024 (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) | 73% | 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: 16 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 15 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 Hartley 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- New Ash Green Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Our Lady of Hartley Catholic Primary School, Hartley, Longfield 1.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Horton Kirby Church of England Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Langafel Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 2.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St. Edmund's Church of England Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Greenlands Primary School 2.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- The Anthony Roper Primary School 2.8 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published