Frittenden Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Cranbrook, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.303 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Frittenden Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Cranbrook, Kent for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 July 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Frittenden 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 | 3.303 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 3.303 miles away, further than in 2025 but nearer than in 2024, and the distance swung sharply between years.
- Reception 2026 had 11 first-choice applications for 14 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 73% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 27% 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
- Frittenden Primary School, Frittenden, Cranbrook, TN17 2DD
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 100 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 July 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are safe and happy at this small friendly school.”
- “Everyone gets along together and looks out for each other.”
- “Relationships are warm and everyone is welcome.”
To improve
- “However, occasionally, teachers do not move pupils on or extend their thinking.”
- “When this happens, some pupils do not learn as much as they could or deepen their understanding.”
- “However, some pupils do not come to school as regularly as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 September 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) | 73% | 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, 14 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.
- Staplehurst School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sissinghurst Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Headcorn Primary School 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- John Mayne Church of England Primary School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cranbrook Church of England Primary School 3.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Colliers Green Church of England Primary School 3.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Smarden Primary School 4.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Marden 5.1 mi Good Last distance published