Ashford Oaks Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Ashford, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.841 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ashford Oaks Community Primary School is a primary school in Ashford, Kent for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 March 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Ashford Oaks 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 | 1.841 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 1.841 miles away, the 192nd shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle 2.24 miles).
- The Reception 2026 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2024; it swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception 2026, 45 first-choice applications for 49 offers: every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 34% 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
- Oak Tree Road, Ashford, TN23 4QR
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 443 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 54% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 March 2023
Strengths
- “This school has a joyful and welcoming atmosphere.”
- “From the highly nurturing early years environment to purposeful classrooms, the environment is safe, inclusive and happy.”
- “Staff share high expectations for all.”
To improve
- “Achievements in national tests for reading, writing and mathematics have been low.”
- “Progress was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.”
- “The school’s new curriculum approach is ambitious and well-planned across every subject, but not yet fully embedded in all areas.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 May 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) | 34% | 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: 45 first-preference applications, 49 offers in total, 45 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 Simon of England Roman Catholic Primary School, Ashford 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Beaver Green Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Victoria Road Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Great Chart Primary School 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Ashford, St Mary's Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The John Wesley Church of England Methodist Voluntary Aided Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Godinton Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published