Woodchurch Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Ashford, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.373 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Woodchurch Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Ashford, Kent for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 16 May 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Woodchurch 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 | 2.373 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 2.373 miles away, nearer than in 2025 and 2024, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 32 first-choice applications for 26 offers; 25 offers went to first-choice families, and 7 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 74% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 5% 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
- Bethersden Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3QJ
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 165 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 16 May 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils feel ‘part of the family’ at this nurturing village school.”
- “At its heart are the values of compassion, hope, forgiveness, thankfulness, and love.”
- “Leaders’ vision ‘let your light shine’ is the inspiration behind their work to develop self-assured and kind pupils, equipped to make a positive difference to society.”
To improve
- “However, checks on pupils’ knowledge and understanding are not as rigorous as they might be.”
- “Elsewhere, teachers do not consistently check carefully enough that pupils have understood new learning and opportunities to correct misconceptions are sometimes missed.”
- “Occasionally, this leads to pupils falling behind and not making the progress they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 July 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) | 74% | 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: 32 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 25 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.
- High Halden Church of England Primary School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bethersden Primary School 3.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Michael's Church of England Primary School 3.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Tenterden Infant School 3.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Tenterden Church of England Junior School 3.6 mi Not judged
- Hamstreet Primary Academy 3.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Chilmington Green Primary School 4.2 mi Good Last distance published
- The John Wesley Church of England Methodist Voluntary Aided Primary School 4.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published