Hythe Bay CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Hythe, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
10.663 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hythe Bay CofE Primary School is a primary school in Hythe, Kent for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 25 January 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Hythe Bay CofE 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 | 10.663 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 last child offered a Reception place for 2026 lived 10.663 miles away, the 37th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- That 2026 Reception distance was further from the school than in 2025, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 19 first-choice applications for 25 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 49% 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.
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
- Cinque Ports Avenue, Hythe, CT21 6HS
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 220 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 25 January 2023
Strengths
- “Hythe Bay is a happy, caring school.”
- “The school’s distinctly Christian character underpins daily life and attitudes to learning.”
- “Pupils are kind, welcoming and respectful of others.”
To improve
- “However, leaders know that curriculum planning varies in detail.”
- “Certain plans, including mathematics, are therefore under review.”
- “Although most lessons proceed successfully, many staff are new to mixed-age teaching.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 March 2023 (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) | 49% | 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: 19 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 19 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 Augustine's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Saltwood CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Palmarsh Primary School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Seabrook Church of England Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Lympne Church of England Primary School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Folkestone, St Martin's Church of England Primary School 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cheriton Primary School 2.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- All Soul's Church of England Primary School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published