Tunstall Church of England (Aided) Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Sittingbourne, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.646 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Tunstall Church of England (Aided) Primary School is a primary school in Sittingbourne, Kent for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 23 May 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Tunstall Church of England (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 | 0.646 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
- Reception 2026 had 90 first-choice applications for 60 offers, with 60 offers going to first-choice families and 30 first-choice families (33%) not offered a place.
- The last child offered a Reception place for 2026 lived 0.646 miles away, the 69th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The Reception last distance for 2026 was nearer than in 2025 and 2023, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- In 2024/25, 69% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 10% 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
- Tunstall Road, Sittingbourne, ME10 1YG
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 417 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 23 May 2023
Strengths
- “These are lived out by pupils especially well.”
- “Pupils love the ‘star values’ award badges.”
- “All staff have high expectations of pupils, and pupils rise to meet these exceptionally well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 July 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) | 69% | 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: 90 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.
- The Oaks Infant School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Minterne Junior School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Westlands Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Rodmersham School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- South Avenue Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Canterbury Road Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bredgar Church of England Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published