Egerton Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Ashford, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
8.188 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Egerton Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Ashford, Kent for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 October 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Egerton 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 | 8.188 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 8.188 miles away, the 50th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 21 first-choice applications for 24 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 55% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
- There are 23.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 17.8 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
- Stisted Way, Egerton, Ashford, TN27 9DR
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 197 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils try their best at this school.”
- “They embrace the school’s values of perseverance, compassion, respect, honesty, forgiveness and hope.”
- “They enjoy a stimulating learning environment and plenty of space outdoors.”
To improve
- “However, in some foundation subjects, teachers do not check on pupils’ understanding well enough.”
- “This means that some pupils do not deepen their understanding as well as they could.”
- “Although the school have introduced strategies to improve pupils’ attendance, too many pupils are persistently absent and the school’s initiatives have not had the desired impact.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 November 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) | 55% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 24 offers in total, 21 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.
- Pluckley Church of England Primary School 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Platts Heath Primary School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Lenham Primary School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Charing Church of England Primary School 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Smarden Primary School 3.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ulcombe Church of England Primary School 3.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Harrietsham Church of England Primary School 4.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Kingswood Primary School 4.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published