Lady Joanna Thornhill Endowed Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5–11 · Ashford, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.357 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lady Joanna Thornhill Endowed Primary School is a primary school in Ashford, Kent for ages 5–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 11 February 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Lady Joanna Thornhill Endowed 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 | 2.357 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
- For Reception in 2026 there were 82 first-choice applications for 60 offers, 1.4 first choices per offer, the 36th highest of 426 Kent primary schools.
- In 2026, 59 Reception offers went to first-choice families, while 23 first-choice families (28%) were not offered a place.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 2.357 miles away, nearer than in 2025 and 2024; the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years.
- In 2024/25, 81% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 30% 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
- Bridge Street, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5EA
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 429 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 11 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this cheerful and caring school.”
- “They are happy, and they are safe.”
- “Pupils enjoy reading and sharing their learning with Maddie and Wolfie, the school dogs.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes, pupils do not have the opportunity to complete activities in the depth they need.”
- “At times, teaching moves on before pupils have had a chance to secure the knowledge they have been taught.”
- “As a result, pupils’ learning in these situations is not as secure as the school expects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 March 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) | 81% | 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: 82 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 59 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.
- Brook Community Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Downs View Infant School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kennington Church of England Academy 2.1 mi School remains Good
- Phoenix Community Primary School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Goat Lees Primary School 2.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Willesborough Infant School 3.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Willesborough Junior School 3.3 mi School remains Good
- Challock Primary School 3.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published