Wittersham Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Tenterden, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.241 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Wittersham Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Tenterden, Kent for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 3 June 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Wittersham 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 | 4.241 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 4.241 miles away, the 114th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- Reception 2026 had 15 first-choice applications for 17 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 6 of the 22 applications (27%) for Reception 2026 came from families living outside Kent, and 4 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 79% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 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
- The Street, Wittersham, Tenterden, TN30 7EA
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 138 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 3 June 2025
Strengths
- “Wittersham Church of England Primary School is a welcoming and highly nurturing environment.”
- “From their arrival in Reception, children make a happy and positive start to their education.”
- “Pupils’ needs are very well understood and catered for and, as a result, across the school, pupils achieve well.”
To improve
- “Sometimes, staff do not make clear the specific knowledge they want pupils to learn.”
- “This occasionally leads to teaching choices that are not sufficiently well linked to the intended learning.”
- “When this happens, pupils do not learn as effectively as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 July 2025 (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) | 79% | 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: 15 first-preference applications, 17 offers in total, 15 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.
- Tenterden Infant School 4.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Tenterden Church of England Junior School 4.0 mi Not judged
- Rolvenden Primary School 4.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Michael's Church of England Primary School 5.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Woodchurch Church of England Primary School 5.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Brookland Church of England Primary School 5.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Sandhurst Primary School 6.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- High Halden Church of England Primary School 6.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published