Wateringbury Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Maidstone, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.023 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Wateringbury Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Maidstone, Kent for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 July 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Wateringbury 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 | 4.023 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 2026 Reception last distance offered was 4.023 miles, the 122nd longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 2.24 miles.
- Reception 2026 had 7 first-choice applications for 10 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 66% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 10% 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
- 147 Bow Road, Wateringbury, Maidstone, ME18 5EA
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 134 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 July 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils embody key qualities such as acceptance exceptionally well at this warm and caring school.”
- “The school ensures that pupils not only learn about these crucial values but live them.”
- “This is evident in pupils’ deep care and consideration for others.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes the checks made on pupils’ writing are not precise enough.”
- “As a result, pupils’ inaccurate spelling and use of key vocabulary are not always addressed.”
- “However, this curriculum does not introduce pupils to new content swiftly enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 September 2025 (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) | 66% | 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: 7 first-preference applications, 10 offers in total, 7 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.
- The Discovery School 1.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Yalding, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Kings Hill School Primary and Nursery 1.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Valley Invicta Primary School At Kings Hill 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Mereworth Community Primary School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Barming Primary School 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- East Farleigh Primary School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hunton Church of England Primary School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published