Kings Hill School Primary and Nursery
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · West Malling, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.691 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Kings Hill School Primary and Nursery is a primary school in West Malling, Kent for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 20 February 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Kings Hill School Primary and Nursery 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 | 0.691 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 Reception child offered a place lived 0.691 miles away, the 75th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- In Reception 2026 there were 72 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 60 offers went to first-choice families and 12 first-choice families (17%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 63% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
- In 2024/25, 23% of pupils reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths (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
- Crispin Way, Kings Hill, West Malling, ME19 4LS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 472 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 20 February 2024
Strengths
- “This is an exceptional school and Nursery where pupils are truly ‘inspired to believe, inspired to achieve’, fulfilling the school’s aspirational vision.”
- “Staff have a relentless ambition for all, from early years to Year 6.”
- “Expectations are consistently high and impressively met, with pupils achieving exceptionally well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 March 2024 (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) | 63% | 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: 72 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.
- Valley Invicta Primary School At Kings Hill 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Discovery School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Mereworth Community Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- West Malling Church of England Primary School and McGinty Speech and Language Srp 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Wateringbury Church of England Primary School 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Offham Primary School 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- More Park Catholic Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lift St James the Great 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published