Stelling Minnis Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5–11 · Canterbury, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
10.587 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Stelling Minnis Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Canterbury, Kent for ages 5–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 June 2022. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Stelling Minnis 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 | 10.587 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 10.587 miles away, the 38th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 13 first-choice applications for 14 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 14% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There were 15.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.1 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
- Bossingham Road, Stelling Minnis, Canterbury, CT4 6DU
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 79 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 June 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive in the caring, nurturing environment of this small village school.”
- “They enjoy coming to school, where everyone is included and encouraged to do their best.”
- “Pupils are happy and value the friendships they make during their time here.”
To improve
- “However, leaders’ high expectations for pupils’ learning are not always fully realised.”
- “Sometimes, teachers do not help pupils to build and develop their skills in enough depth.”
- “Work is underway to refine the curriculum and for subject leaders to ensure that changes are embedded securely and consistently.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 July 2022 (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) | 71% | 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: 13 first-preference applications, 14 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.
- Petham Primary School 2.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bodsham Church of England Primary School 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Elham Church of England Primary School 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Barham Church of England Primary School 3.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Stowting Church of England Primary School 4.1 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Bridge and Patrixbourne Church of England Primary School 4.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lyminge Church of England Primary School 4.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Chartham Primary School 4.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published