Cranbrook Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Cranbrook, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
5.856 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Cranbrook Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Cranbrook, Kent for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 22 June 2022. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Cranbrook Church of England 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 | 5.856 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 2026 place lived 5.856 miles away, the 74th longest of the 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and in 2023, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years.
- Reception 2026 had 20 first-choice applications for 26 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 53% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% 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
- Carriers Road, Cranbrook, TN17 3JZ
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 200 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 22 June 2022
Strengths
- “Leaders have developed a culture where pupils feel listened to and take an active role in the school.”
- “Pupils take on roles of responsibility such as school councillors and school librarians.”
- “This builds a genuine feeling of belonging to the school community.”
To improve
- “However, pupils have limited opportunities to practise what they have learned across different subjects.”
- “This is because leaders have not always thought carefully enough about the opportunities to revisit prior learning in different subjects.”
- “As a result, pupils sometimes struggle to remember what they have learned over time.”
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) | 53% | 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: 20 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 20 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.
- Sissinghurst Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Colliers Green Church of England Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Benenden Church of England Primary School 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Goudhurst and Kilndown Church of England Primary School 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Frittenden Church of England Primary School 3.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hawkhurst Church of England Primary School 3.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Staplehurst School 4.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- John Mayne Church of England Primary School 4.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published