Chislet Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Canterbury, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.634 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Chislet Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Canterbury, Kent for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 23 November 2022. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Chislet 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 | 3.634 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 for 2026 lived 3.634 miles away, the 136th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and about the same as in 2023, having swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 14 first-choice applications for 15 offers; 11 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 47% 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
- Church Lane, Chislet, Canterbury, CT3 4DU
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 104 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 23 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at school because it is a friendly and welcoming place for them.”
- “They feel cared for and they care for one another.”
- “Pupils do not worry about bullying, which is extremely rare, because staff respond quickly to any hint of unkind behaviour.”
To improve
- “Currently, pupils are not achieving as well as they could in some subjects because the revised curriculum has only recently been put into place.”
- “Subject leaders have not yet checked the effectiveness of the wider curriculum.”
- “However, in the past, leaders have not ensured that the needs for pupils with SEND are identified precisely enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 January 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) | 47% | 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: 14 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 11 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.
- Hoath Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Water Meadows Primary School 1.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Reculver Church of England Primary School 2.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Herne Church of England Infant and Nursery School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Herne Church of England Junior School 2.7 mi School remains Outstanding
- Preston Primary School 2.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Nicholas At Wade Church of England Primary School 2.9 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Sturry Church of England Primary School 3.3 mi Not judged Last distance published