Wincheap Foundation Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 4–11 · Canterbury, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.65 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Wincheap Foundation Primary School is a primary school in Canterbury, Kent for ages 4–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 9 December 2021. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Wincheap Foundation 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 | 0.65 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 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.65 miles away, the 71st shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- That 2026 Reception distance was nearer the school than in 2025 but further than in 2023, with the sharpest swing between 2024 and 2025.
- In 2026, 66 first-choice applications were made for 60 Reception offers; 58 offers went to first-choice families and 8 first-choice families (12%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 66% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2nd highest of 8 schools: this one and 7 of the 8 nearest Kent primary schools with results.
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
- Hollow Lane, Canterbury, CT1 3SD
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 429 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 9 December 2021
Strengths
- “Pupils receive a warm welcome at the start of each day.”
- “This is because staff genuinely care about pupils.”
- “In response, pupils trust staff and develop positive relationships with their peers.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils are often absent.”
- “However, teaching does not deliver this curriculum consistently well across all year groups.”
- “However, some pupils, including those that are disadvantaged, do not learn as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 September 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) | 66% | 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: 66 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 58 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 Canterbury Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Methodist Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Canterbury 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Johns Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Pilgrims' Way Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Stephen's Infant School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Stephen's Junior School 1.6 mi School remains Good
- Parkside Community Foundation Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published