Greenfields Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Maidstone, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.473 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Greenfields Community Primary School is a primary school in Maidstone, Kent for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 15 January 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Greenfields Community 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 | 0.473 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 0.473 miles away, the 37th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle 2.24 miles).
- The Reception last distance was nearer the school in 2026 than in 2025, and it swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception 2026, 70 first-choice applications for 45 offers: 44 offers went to first-choice families and 26 first-choice families (37%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 63% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th 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
- Oxford Road, Shepway, Maidstone, ME15 8DF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 450 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 15 January 2025
Strengths
- “This school has high expectations for pupils’ achievement, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
- “Staff are working effectively to achieve these aspirations, for example through the recent strengthening of the school’s curriculum.”
- “Pupils are proud to attend here.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, teachers do not carefully check that pupils have learned what was intended before moving on.”
- “This means that, sometimes, pupils develop gaps in their knowledge that are not identified and then addressed.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 February 2025 (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: 70 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 44 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.
- Leigh Academy Molehill 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Senacre Wood Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Oaks 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Park Way Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Madginford Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Tiger Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Tree Tops 1.1 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- South Borough Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published