Hawkhurst Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Cranbrook, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
12.057 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hawkhurst Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Cranbrook, Kent for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 January 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Hawkhurst 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 | 12.057 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 12.057 miles away, the 32nd 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 21 first-choice applications for 24 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent, 67% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), 4th lowest.
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
- Fowlers Park, Rye Road, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 4JJ
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 192 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 24 January 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils welcome visitors with joy and pride to their inclusive and caring school.”
- “Pupils feel safe, happy and special.”
- “Expectations for behaviour are consistently high, and pupils rise to meet them.”
To improve
- “Some subjects are less established, and activity choices are not precise enough to match the intentions of the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 March 2023 (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) | 67% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 24 offers in total, 21 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.
- Sandhurst Primary School 2.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Benenden Church of England Primary School 3.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cranbrook Church of England Primary School 3.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sissinghurst Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School 4.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Rolvenden Primary School 4.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Goudhurst and Kilndown Church of England Primary School 5.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Colliers Green Church of England Primary School 5.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lamberhurst St Mary's CofE (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School 6.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published