Lady Boswell's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Sevenoaks
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 5–11 · Sevenoaks, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.6 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lady Boswell's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Sevenoaks is a primary school in Sevenoaks, Kent for ages 5–11 (voluntary aided school). Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Lady Boswell's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Sevenoaks 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 | 1.6 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 for 2026 lived 1.6 miles away, the 168th shortest of the 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The Reception last distance swung sharply between some years; it was further in 2026 than in 2025 and 2023, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years.
- Reception 2026 had 105 first-choice applications for 60 offers: 60 offers went to first-choice families and 45 first-choice families (43%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 84% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 16% 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
- Plymouth Drive, Sevenoaks, TN13 3RW
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 434 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 21 April 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils work hard to embody the school’s ‘seven gifts’.”
- “These key qualities, such as resilience and academic excellence, are evident in pupils' actions.”
- “Pupils are deeply excited by learning.”
To improve
- “Leaders should continue their work to embed the high-quality approach to assessment across all subjects to help pupils deepen their knowledge and understanding even further.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 July 2026 (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) | 84% | 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: 105 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 60 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.
- St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Primary School, Sevenoaks 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Sevenoaks Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Riverhead Infants' School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Amherst School 1.5 mi Good
- Seal Church of England Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dunton Green Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Chevening, St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 2.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published