Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Sittingbourne, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.914 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Sittingbourne, Kent for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Hartlip Endowed 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 | 4.914 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
- In Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 4.914 miles away, the 100th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- Reception 2026 had 8 first-choice applications for 9 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 5 of the 26 applications (19%) for Reception 2026 came from families living outside Kent, and 3 offers went to them.
- 53% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), the 3rd 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
- The Street, Hartlip, Sittingbourne, ME9 7TL
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 104 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 2 June 2026
Strengths
- “Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School is a small school where pupils know each other well.”
- “Staff build positive relationships with pupils and their families.”
- “This helps everyone feel like they belong.”
To improve
- “Leaders recognise there is more work to do in mathematics.”
- “Some pupils do not know some key mathematics knowledge.”
- “However, at times, these gaps remain.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 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) | 53% | 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: 8 first-preference applications, 9 offers in total, 8 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.
- Newington Church of England Primary School 1.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Lower Halstow Primary School 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Holywell Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Borden Church of England Primary School 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bredhurst Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Grove Park Primary School 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bobbing Village School 3.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Bredgar Church of England Primary School 3.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published