Goat Lees Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 4–11 · Ashford, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.156 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Goat Lees Primary School is a primary school in Ashford, Kent for ages 4–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 11 June 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Goat Lees 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 | 1.156 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 Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 1.156 miles away, the 119th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- The Reception 2026 last distance was further from the school than in 2025, and last distances swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception 2026, there were 30 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
- Reading, writing and maths in 2024/25: 40% (England 62%), the lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent that have results.
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
- Hurst Road, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9RR
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 207 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 11 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this welcoming, inclusive and nurturing school.”
- “Pupils’ well-being is paramount, which enables them to thrive and flourish as well-rounded individuals.”
- “They are happy, friendly, polite and kind.”
To improve
- “However, there is some inconsistency in how pupils are taught to use these skills independently and as effectively as they could.”
- “This is particularly the case when learning to plan, revise and evaluate their writing.”
- “This means pupils do not always achieve as well as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 July 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) | 40% | 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: 30 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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.
- Phoenix Community Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kennington Church of England Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good
- Downs View Infant School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Repton Manor Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Ashford, St Mary's Church of England Primary School 1.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Godinton Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Victoria Road Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published