Langafel Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Longfield, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
6.469 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Langafel Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school in Longfield, Kent for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 27 February 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Langafel Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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 | 6.469 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 2026 place lived 6.469 miles away, further than in 2025; 65th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- 35% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 13.7% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
- For Reception 2026 there were 22 first-choice applications for 27 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 35% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Main Road, Longfield, DA3 7PW
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 286 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 27 February 2024
Strengths
- “Each pupil here is known and valued individually.”
- “In early years, teaching is more tailored to children’s individual needs.”
- “As a result, their learning is better.”
To improve
- “However, inconsistent teaching means that pupils do not achieve well enough.”
- “In class, pupils sometimes disengage from learning.”
- “At times, pupils talk over staff, and this can get in the way of learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 May 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) | 35% | 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: 22 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 22 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.
- Our Lady of Hartley Catholic Primary School, Hartley, Longfield 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Hartley 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Istead Rise Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sedley's Church of England Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- New Ash Green Primary School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fawkham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Meopham Community Academy 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Painters Ash Primary School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published