Goodnestone Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Canterbury, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
5.361 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Goodnestone Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Canterbury, Kent for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 26 June 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Goodnestone 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 | 5.361 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 Reception 2026 place offered went to a child 5.361 miles away, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 5 first-choice applications for 6 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, 33% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- With 48 pupils on roll in January 2026, there were 11.4 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.4 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
- The Street, Goodnestone, Canterbury, CT3 1PQ
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 48 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 11.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 26 June 2024
Strengths
- “Goodnestone is a happy, friendly little school.”
- “It has a strong sense of togetherness.”
- “Pupils are understanding and accepting of others’ differences.”
To improve
- “In this very small community, close relationships lead to both tight bonds and occasionally fractious friendships.”
- “Pupils learn well across subjects, but the school could help them make the quality of work in their books even better.”
- “Pupils increasingly build and connect a wide range of learning, although some of their work does not reliably reflect this positive progress.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 September 2024 (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) | 33% | 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: 5 first-preference applications, 6 offers in total, 5 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.
- Nonington Church of England Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Aylesham 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wingham Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Adisham Church of England Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Aylesham Primary School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ash Cartwright and Kelsey Church of England Primary School 3.0 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Eastry Church of England Primary School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Wickhambreaux Church of England Primary School 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published