Nonington Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Dover, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.83 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Nonington Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Dover, Kent for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 October 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Nonington 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 | 1.83 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
- Ofsted's latest inspection (8 October 2024) was not judged; the previous graded outcome was Requires improvement (20 April 2022).
- For Reception 2026 there were 3 first-choice applications for 3 offers, every first-choice family was offered a place, and the last distance offered was 1.83 miles.
- The school had 45 pupils on roll in January 2026 and 10 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.6 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
- 46.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 23.8% 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
- Church Street, Nonington, Dover, CT15 4LB
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 45 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 46.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 10
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 October 2024
Strengths
- “All pupils feel a special sense of care in this small rural school.”
- “Pupils value the warm relationships they have with staff.”
- “Those new to the school feel welcomed and cared for.”
To improve
- “However, the school has not consistently realised the ambitions of the curriculum.”
- “As a result, not all pupils achieve as well as they could.”
- “In lessons, teachers do not yet consistently follow the curriculum or accurately teach the key concepts.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 November 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) | 0% | 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: 3 first-preference applications, 3 offers in total, 3 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.
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Aylesham 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Aylesham Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Goodnestone Church of England Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Adisham Church of England Primary School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Eythorne Elvington Community Primary School 2.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Shepherdswell Church of England Primary School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Barham Church of England Primary School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Wingham Primary School 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published