Littlebourne Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Canterbury, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.22 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Littlebourne Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Canterbury, Kent for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Some aspects not as strong, from the inspection on 8 October 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Littlebourne 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 | 3.22 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 3.22 miles away, further than in 2025 and 2023, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 16 first-choice applications for 15 offers; 13 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%), while 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There were 15.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.3 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
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 Road, Littlebourne, Canterbury, CT3 1XS
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 102 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Some aspects not as strong Inspected 8 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are eager to come to school and keen to learn.”
- “They embrace and enjoy the opportunities the school offers from the early morning breakfast club through to their enthusiastic singing in assembly.”
- “The school has high expectations for pupils’ behaviour, to which they willingly rise.”
To improve
- “However, the school knows that pupils should achieve more than they do presently.”
- “The school is calmly continuing through another challenging period of significant changes to staffing at all levels, including governance.”
- “While the school has ensured that pupils continue to have a positive experience and enjoy school, aspects of the quality of education are more variable than they should be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 November 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) | 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: 16 first-preference applications, 15 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.
- Wickhambreaux Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wingham Primary School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Adisham Church of England Primary School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bridge and Patrixbourne Church of England Primary School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sturry Church of England Primary School 2.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Parkside Community Foundation Primary School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Water Meadows Primary School 2.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Pilgrims' Way Primary School 3.0 mi Good Last distance published