Elham Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Canterbury, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.572 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Elham Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Canterbury, Kent for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 19 July 2022. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Elham 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 | 4.572 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 2026 Reception last distance offered was 4.572 miles, the 105th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 2.24 miles.
- Reception 2026 drew 11 first-choice applications for 13 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 60% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% 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
- Vicarage Lane, Elham, Canterbury, CT4 6TT
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 82 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 19 July 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils, staff, parents and governors all praise Elham for its strong, positive ‘family feel’.”
- “As one parent said, ‘The school maintains a real family feel where all the children know each other and look out for each other.”
- “The school is a happy, caring community.”
To improve
- “Not enough time has elapsed for leaders to check how effective some of the changes are in helping pupils to achieve as well as they can over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 September 2022 (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) | 60% | 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: 11 first-preference applications, 13 offers in total, 11 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.
- Lyminge Church of England Primary School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Selsted Church of England Primary School 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stowting Church of England Primary School 3.4 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- The Churchill School 3.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stelling Minnis Church of England Primary School 3.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Hawkinge Primary School 3.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Harcourt Primary School 4.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bodsham Church of England Primary School 4.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published