High Halden Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Ashford, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.261 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
High Halden Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Ashford, Kent for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 24 February 2022. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
High Halden 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 | 0.261 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 Reception 2026 last distance offered was 0.261 miles, the 11th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance; the middle figure was 2.24 miles.
- Compared with 2025 and 2023, the 2026 Reception last distance was nearer, after a sharp swing from 2025, and was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 23 first-choice applications for 15 offers; all 15 offers went to first-choice families, and 8 first-choice families (35%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 42% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 17% 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 Hill, High Halden, Ashford, TN26 3JB
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 105 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 24 February 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils walk happily through the school gate each morning.”
- “They are greeted by caring staff who know them well.”
- “Staff and pupils build warm relationships across the school.”
To improve
- “Where the teaching of technical vocabulary is less effective, pupils are not always able to discuss their learning and explain their thinking clearly.”
- “This means that some pupils do not progress as well as they could.”
- “However, this is not always precise and some pupils' misconceptions are not picked up quickly enough.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 September 2026 (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) | 42% | 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: 23 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 15 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.
- St Michael's Church of England Primary School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bethersden Primary School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Tenterden Church of England Junior School 2.6 mi Not judged
- Tenterden Infant School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Woodchurch Church of England Primary School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- John Mayne Church of England Primary School 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Smarden Primary School 3.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Rolvenden Primary School 5.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published