Trottiscliffe Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · West Malling, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.607 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Trottiscliffe Church of England Primary School is a primary school in West Malling, Kent for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 15 September 2022. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Trottiscliffe 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 | 0.607 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
- Reception 2026 had 20 first-choice applications for 12 offers: 12 offers went to first-choice families, so 8 first-choice families (40%) were not offered a place.
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 0.607 miles, the 65th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 2.24 miles.
- Reception last distances swung sharply between some years, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 0% 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
- Church Lane, Trottiscliffe, West Malling, ME19 5EB
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 90 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 15 September 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy school and are happy and highly motivated.”
- “Leaders and staff have created a supportive environment.”
- “Many parents appreciate the ‘family feel’ that exists throughout the school.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, the sequence in which pupils should learn new knowledge is not ordered effectively enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 October 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) | 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: 20 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 12 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.
- Vigo Village School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ryarsh Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Offham Primary School 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Culverstone Green Primary School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Platt Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 2.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St George's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Borough Green Primary School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published