Stowting Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Ashford, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.83 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Stowting Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Ashford, Kent for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Improved significantly, from the inspection on 3 June 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Stowting 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 | 2.83 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
- Reception 2026 had 23 first-choice applications for 15 offers: 13 offers went to first-choice families, and 10 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 2.83 miles away, nearer than in 2025 and further than in 2023, and it swung sharply between some years.
- In 2024/25, 100% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Stowting Hill, Stowting, Ashford, TN25 6BE
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 106 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Improved significantly Inspected 3 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are eager and respectful.”
- “They are highly engaged in learning and relish the curriculum’s ambitious topics.”
- “The school has high aspirations for pupils, and they achieve well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 July 2025 (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) | 100% | 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, 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.
- Brabourne Church of England Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bodsham Church of England Primary School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lyminge Church of England Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sellindge Primary School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Smeeth Community Primary School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Elham Church of England Primary School 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brook Community Primary School 4.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Stelling Minnis Church of England Primary School 4.1 mi Good Last distance published