Westlands Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Sittingbourne, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
32.777 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Westlands Primary School is a primary school in Sittingbourne, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 26 November 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Westlands 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 | 32.777 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 in 2026 lived 32.777 miles away, the 9th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance.
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 46 first-choice applications for 50 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 35.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent is 24.6%.
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
- Homewood Avenue, Sittingbourne, ME10 1XN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 469 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 26 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending Westlands Primary School.”
- “As soon as they join in Reception, children receive excellent care and support.”
- “The school encourages pupils to become a STAR by being safe, trustworthy, aspirational and respectful.”
To improve
- “As a result, pupils are now starting to achieve more highly, although there are still gaps in their knowledge in some subjects.”
- “However, pupils reported that a small number of their peers can sometimes be unkind.”
- “The school is working hard to ensure that pupils read more independently, particularly at home.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 January 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) | 67% | 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: 46 first-preference applications, 50 offers in total, 46 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 Peter's Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Minterne Junior School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Oaks Infant School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Grove Park Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Tunstall Church of England (Aided) Primary School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- South Avenue Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Milton Court Primary Academy 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Borden Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published