St Alphege Church of England Infant School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–7 · Whitstable, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
16.435 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Alphege Church of England Infant School is a primary school in Whitstable, Kent for ages 3–7 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 4 June 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
St Alphege Church of England Infant 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 | 16.435 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
- In Reception 2026 the last distance offered was 16.435 miles, 21st longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- Reception 2026 brought 43 first-choice applications for 47 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and the 2026 last distance was further from the school than in 2025.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 18.4% of pupils, against a middle figure of 22.7% 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
- Oxford Street, Whitstable, CT5 1DA
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 206 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 4 June 2024
Strengths
- “All pupils, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), are welcome at the school.”
- “They are integrated fully into every aspect of school life.”
- “This is recognised by parents, who told us, ‘When I drop my son off, I just feel every muscle relax because I know he’s so well cared for.”
To improve
- “The school has identified how it wants to help pupils remember knowledge over time, but this is not yet fully effective.”
- “Pupils’ recall of key knowledge across the wider curriculum is not yet as strong as it could be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 July 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 43 first-preference applications, 47 offers in total, 43 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.
- Whitstable Junior School 0.0 mi Standards maintained
- Whitstable and Seasalter Endowed Church of England Junior School 0.1 mi School remains Outstanding
- Westmeads Community Infant School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Joy Lane Primary Foundation School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Whitstable 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Swalecliffe Community Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thornden Wood Primary School 3.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Hampton Primary School 3.5 mi Not judged Last distance published