Newington Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 2–11 · Sittingbourne, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.975 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Newington Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Sittingbourne, Kent for ages 2–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 20 November 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Newington 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 | 0.975 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's last distance offered was 0.975 miles, nearer than in 2025 and 101st shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- Reception 2026 drew 31 first-choice applications for 30 offers; all 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (3%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 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
- School Lane, Newington, Sittingbourne, ME9 7LB
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 242 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 20 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy to come to this welcoming school where they feel safe and valued.”
- “Right from the Nursery Year, pupils work together effectively as partners, in small groups or teams.”
- “Pupils of all age groups play kindly together at social times.”
To improve
- “However, the school’s current published outcomes data for phonics and the end of key stage 2 does not reflect how well newly arrived pupils achieve.”
- “However, in some subjects in the wider curriculum, where the school is still refining ways of checking pupils’ understanding, pupils have gaps in their knowledge and struggle to connect new learning with larger curriculum ideas.”
- “Sometimes, this means that pupils do not attain as well as they could in these areas.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 December 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) | 73% | 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: 31 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Lower Halstow Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holywell Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Borden Church of England Primary School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bobbing Village School 1.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Grove Park Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Westlands Primary School 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Regis Manor Primary School 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published