Sheldwich Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Faversham, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.527 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Sheldwich Primary School is a primary school in Faversham, Kent for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 21 May 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Sheldwich 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 | 2.527 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 in 2026, there were 41 first-choice applications for 30 offers, 1.4 first choices per offer, the 36th highest of 426 Kent primary schools.
- For Reception in 2026, 26 offers went to first-choice families, and 15 first-choice families (37%) were not offered a place.
- For Reception in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 2.527 miles away, the 193rd longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance.
- In 2024/25, 88% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest 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
- Lees Court Road, Sheldwich, Faversham, ME13 0LU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 246 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 21 May 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are extremely happy at Sheldwich Primary School.”
- “Right from the start of early years, children learn how to make friends, and how to be a good friend.”
- “Pupils of all ages play together happily in the school’s extensive outdoor grounds.”
To improve
- “Last year, however, older pupils did not achieve as well as they might have in writing, and this was reflected in the school’s outcomes at the end of key stage 2.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 June 2024 (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) | 88% | 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: 41 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 26 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.
- Selling Church of England Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ethelbert Road Primary School 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ospringe Church of England Primary School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Eastling Primary School 2.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary of Charity CofE (Aided) Primary School 3.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bysing Wood Primary School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Davington Primary School 3.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Boughton-under-Blean and Dunkirk Primary School 3.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published