Maidstone, St John's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Maidstone, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.827 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Maidstone, St John's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Maidstone, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 March 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Maidstone, St John's 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 | 0.827 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 0.827 miles away, the 85th shortest of the 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Distances swung sharply between some years, most from 2024 to 2025; the 2026 distance was about the same as in 2025 and further than in 2023.
- Reception 2026 drew 86 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 59 offers went to first-choice families, and 27 first-choice families (31%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 83% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 28% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Provender Way, Grove Green, Maidstone, ME14 5TZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 437 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 4 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at this highly aspirational school.”
- “The school’s values, including compassion, are at the heart of the school’s excellent work.”
- “One pupil summed up the views of many when they said, ‘These make the school a happy place.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 April 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) | 83% | 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: 86 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 59 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.
- Leigh Academy Bearsted 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Valley Invicta Primary School At East Borough 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Roseacre Junior School 0.8 mi Good
- Thurnham Church of England Infant School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Madginford Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Park Way Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Greenfields Community Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- South Borough Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published