Lynsted and Norton Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Sittingbourne, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.689 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Lynsted and Norton 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 8 July 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Lynsted and Norton 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 | 3.689 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 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 3.689 miles away, the 130th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- For Reception 2026 there were 7 first-choice applications for 9 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Every applicant was offered a place in 2 of the 3 Reception years with a published outcome.
- 57.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 34.9% across 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
- Lynsted Lane, Lynsted, Sittingbourne, ME9 0RL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 63 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 57.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 July 2025
Strengths
- “There is a strong sense of community in this small, inclusive school.”
- “Pupils are well looked after by kind and caring staff.”
- “Pupils get along well with one another.”
To improve
- “Their understanding is less securely developed in subjects where the school has introduced new curriculums.”
- “In these subjects, pupils’ recall of their previous learning is less secure.”
- “Staff’s questioning is not always as effective as it could be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 September 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 7 first-preference applications, 9 offers in total, 7 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.
- Teynham Parochial Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bapchild and Tonge Church of England Primary School and Nursery 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Rodmersham School 1.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Lansdowne Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Canterbury Road Primary School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- South Avenue Primary School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Sunny Bank Primary School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Tunstall Church of England (Aided) Primary School 2.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published