Harrietsham Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Maidstone, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
9.719 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Harrietsham Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Maidstone, Kent for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 20 February 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Harrietsham 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 | 9.719 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 9.719 miles away, the 41st longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 49 first-choice applications for 55 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- There are 23.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 13.6 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
- 42% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), 4th 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
- West Street, Harrietsham, Maidstone, ME17 1JZ
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 393 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 20 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils describe the school as a ‘gigantic family’.”
- “This gives them a sense of belonging and security.”
- “However, pupils and adults appreciate how the school has maintained a ‘small school feel’.”
To improve
- “In Reception, the curriculum beyond mathematics and reading is in place but is less precisely defined.”
- “The school has improved pupils’ overall attendance; however, some groups have not fully benefitted from the school’s efforts.”
- “Consequently, some pupils miss school too often, leaving gaps in their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 March 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) | 42% | 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: 49 first-preference applications, 55 offers in total, 49 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.
- Platts Heath Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Kingswood Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hollingbourne Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lenham Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Leeds and Broomfield Church of England Primary School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ulcombe Church of England Primary School 2.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Sutton Valence Primary School 3.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Milstead and Frinsted Church of England Primary School 4.2 mi Not judged Last distance published