Greatstone Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 2–11 · New Romney, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
5.568 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Greatstone Primary School is a primary school in New Romney, Kent for ages 2–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 May 2022. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Greatstone 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 | 5.568 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
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 5.568 miles away, 79th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle 2.24 miles).
- In 2024/25, 43% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
- Reception 2026 drew 24 first-choice applications for 24 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; the admission number for that year was 30 places.
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
- Baldwin Road, Greatstone, New Romney, TN28 8SY
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 215 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 24 May 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this coastal school.”
- “They build positive relationships with the adults who care deeply for them.”
- “Leaders and teachers have high expectations for all pupils.”
To improve
- “This is not, however, consistent across the curriculum.”
- “However, some pupils are reluctant to read at home because the books pupils choose to read do not always match their reading ability.”
- “This process is not as well developed in other subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 July 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) | 43% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 24 offers in total, 24 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 Nicholas Church of England Primary Academy 1.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Lydd Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Dymchurch Primary School 4.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Brenzett Church of England Primary School 5.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Brookland Church of England Primary School 5.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Palmarsh Primary School 7.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Lympne Church of England Primary School 8.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hamstreet Primary Academy 8.5 mi Good Last distance published