Laddingford St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · Maidstone, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.291 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Laddingford St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school in Maidstone, Kent for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 March 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Laddingford St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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 | 2.291 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 2.291 miles; the middle figure for 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance was 2.24 miles.
- That 2026 Reception distance was nearer the school than in 2025, and every applicant was offered a place in 1 of the 3 years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 13 first-choice applications for 13 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 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
- Darman Lane, Laddingford, Maidstone, ME18 6BL
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 83 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils offer everyone warm smiles and a friendly welcome.”
- “The school offers a safe and nurturing environment, starting with ‘chill time’ every day.”
- “Pupils enjoy playing hockey, mastering craft skills and solving puzzles together.”
To improve
- “However, assessment is not fully developed across all areas of the curriculum.”
- “This means that teachers do not always know precisely what pupils know and remember in some subjects.”
- “Sometimes, pupils need more reminders to focus when working independently.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 May 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) | 63% | 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: 13 first-preference applications, 13 offers in total, 13 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.
- Yalding, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- East Peckham Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Margaret's, Collier Street Church of England Voluntary Controlled School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hunton Church of England Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Paddock Wood 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Wateringbury Church of England Primary School 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Capel Primary School 3.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hadlow Primary School 3.7 mi Not judged Last distance published