Grove Park Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Sittingbourne, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
6.675 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Grove Park Primary School is a primary school in Sittingbourne, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Grove Park 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 | 6.675 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 6.675 miles away, the 60th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 36 first-choice applications for 47 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 11 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 43% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent that have results, 43% in 2024/25 reading, writing and maths ranked lowest.
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
- Hilton Drive, Sittingbourne, ME10 1PT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 392 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 9 June 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils arrive with a smile as they are welcomed into school by caring staff who know them well.”
- “This positive start to each day helps pupils to feel safe and valued and to be ready to learn.”
- “The school's vision of 'we work together to achieve more' is understood by pupils and reflected in their positive attitudes.”
To improve
- “Over time, pupils have not achieved as well as they should.”
- “However, these improvements are at an early stage.”
- “However, leaders recognise that these changes must be maintained to ensure that all pupils attend as often as they should.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 July 2026 (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) | 43% | 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: 36 first-preference applications, 47 offers in total, 36 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.
- Bobbing Village School 0.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Westlands Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Regis Manor Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Borden Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Milton Court Primary Academy 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Minterne Junior School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Oaks Infant School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published