Eastry Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Sandwich, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.483 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Eastry Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Sandwich, Kent for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 June 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Eastry 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 | 4.483 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
- 40.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 23.5% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 4.483 miles away, 109th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- That 2026 distance was further than in 2025 but nearer than in 2024, with the sharpest swing from 2025 to 2026.
- In 2024/25, 64% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% 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
- Cooks Lea, Eastry, Sandwich, CT13 0LR
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 150 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 40.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 June 2023
Strengths
- “They enjoy talking about their lessons and are keen to show and discuss their work.”
- “Pupils particularly enjoy the various ‘Inspire’ days that occur throughout the year.”
- “Teachers use these to explore issues around diversity and also to support their pupils’ aspirations.”
To improve
- “Until relatively recently, this was not the case.”
- “However, in a minority of subjects, lessons are less effective.”
- “Where this is the case there has not been enough thought about how pupils will remember the things that their teachers want them to learn.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 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) | 64% | 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: 11 first-preference applications, 13 offers in total, 11 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.
- Sandwich Junior School 2.1 mi School remains Outstanding
- Worth Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Northbourne Church of England Primary School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sandwich Infant School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ash Cartwright and Kelsey Church of England Primary School 2.7 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Goodnestone Church of England Primary School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Sholden Church of England Primary School 3.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Eythorne Elvington Community Primary School 3.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published