St Katharine's Knockholt Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Sevenoaks, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
6.761 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
St Katharine's Knockholt Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is a primary school in Sevenoaks, Kent for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 16 November 2022. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
St Katharine's Knockholt Church of England Voluntary Aided 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 | 6.761 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 Reception 2026 last distance offered was 6.761 miles, the 59th longest of the 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- 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.
- Families living outside Kent made 19 of the 52 Reception 2026 applications (37%), and 8 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 78% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 7% 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
- Main Road, Knockholt, Sevenoaks, TN14 7LS
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 182 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 16 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils offer a warm welcome to their school.”
- “They are proud and happy to be at the heart of this close-knit learning community.”
- “Relationships between staff and families are warm, respectful and supportive.”
To improve
- “The strongest practice is not yet fully embedded in all classes and subjects.”
- “Pupils achieve well, but leaders have identified a group of pupils who made less progress during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly with writing.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 January 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) | 78% | 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.
- Halstead Community Primary School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Chevening, St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 2.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Sundridge and Brasted Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Dunton Green Primary School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Churchill Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 3.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Amherst School 3.2 mi Good
- Riverhead Infants' School 3.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Shoreham Village School 3.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published