Yalding, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5–11 · Maidstone, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.446 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Yalding, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school in Maidstone, Kent for ages 5–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 11 December 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Yalding, St Peter and St Paul 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 | 2.446 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 place in 2026 lived 2.446 miles from the school, further than in 2025.
- For Reception 2026 there were 13 first-choice applications for 16 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 12% 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
- Vicarage Road, Yalding, Maidstone, ME18 6DP
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 145 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 11 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are enthusiastic about coming to school and learning here.”
- “The school has high expectations for pupils’ conduct and achievement.”
- “Staff and pupils work together to make sure these expectations are fulfilled.”
To improve
- “Sometimes, teachers do not make sure that pupils have fully understood a topic or task.”
- “When this happens, misconceptions or gaps in pupils’ knowledge can persist.”
- “Although some pupils’ attendance remains lower than the school would like, the school continues to do all it can to reduce pupil absence.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 February 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) | 56% | 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, 16 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.
- Hunton Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Laddingford St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Wateringbury Church of England Primary School 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- East Peckham Primary School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- East Farleigh Primary School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Margaret's, Collier Street Church of England Voluntary Controlled School 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Coxheath Primary School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Barming Primary School 3.3 mi Not judged Last distance published