Palace Wood Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Maidstone, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.11 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Palace Wood Primary School is a primary school in Maidstone, Kent for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 15 September 2022. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Palace Wood 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 | 1.11 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 Reception 2026 last distance offered was 1.11 miles, against a middle figure of 2.24 miles across the 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- That distance swung sharply from 2025 to 2026, ending nearer the school than in 2025 and about the same as in 2023.
- Reception 2026 drew 57 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 55 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (4%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 8% reached the higher standard (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
- Ash Grove, Allington, Maidstone, ME16 0AB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 417 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 15 September 2022
Strengths
- “Playtimes are joyful times, where pupils build strong relationships with one another.”
- “They enjoy the many games organised by adults and hoot with laughter during activities such as parachute games.”
- “Pupils also work collaboratively while building dens and keep active while playing a range of ball games.”
To improve
- “However, there is inconsistency in the use of this process, particularly in music and science lessons.”
- “Consequently, some pupils do not reach the ambitious curriculum end points in some subjects.”
- “However, teachers do not always check that pupils remember what they have learned over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 October 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) | 69% | 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: 57 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 55 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.
- Allington Primary School 0.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Francis' Catholic Primary School, Maidstone 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brunswick House Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- West Borough Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Maidstone, St Michael's Church of England Junior School 1.2 mi School remains Good
- St Michael's Church of England Infant School Maidstone 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- North Borough Junior School 1.3 mi School remains Good
- St Paul's Infant School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published