Milstead and Frinsted Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Sittingbourne, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
7.709 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Milstead and Frinsted Church of England 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 24 June 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Milstead and Frinsted Church of England 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 | 7.709 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 7.709 miles away, the 52nd longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- Reception entry in 2026 drew 7 first-choice applications for 7 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 38% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 figure was the lowest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 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
- School Lane, Milstead, Sittingbourne, ME9 0SJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 55 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 24 June 2025
Strengths
- “Care and kindness are at the heart of this small, welcoming primary school.”
- “Relationships between staff and pupils are strong.”
- “Staff prioritise getting to know each family well.”
To improve
- “However, the work provided does not always provide opportunities for pupils to deepen their thinking.”
- “This means that pupils do not always achieve as highly as they could.”
- “Published data does not always match the achievement of pupil’s work seen in books.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 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) | 38% | 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: 7 first-preference applications, 7 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.
- Bredgar Church of England Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Rodmersham School 2.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Tunstall Church of England (Aided) Primary School 2.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The Oaks Infant School 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Minterne Junior School 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Lynsted and Norton Primary School 3.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- South Avenue Primary School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published