West Malling Church of England Primary School and McGinty Speech and Language Srp
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · West Malling, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
5.906 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
West Malling Church of England Primary School and McGinty Speech and Language Srp is a primary school in West Malling, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 January 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
West Malling Church of England Primary School and McGinty Speech and Language Srp 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 | 5.906 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
- Reception 2026's last distance offered was 5.906 miles, 73rd longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (this one included); the middle was 2.24 miles.
- In 2024/25, 60% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 12 first-choice applications for 19 offers, 0.6 per offer and the 8th lowest of 426 Kent primary schools; the admission number was 30.
- Of its pupils, 30.4% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 15.8% 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
- Old Cricket Ground, Norman Road, West Malling, ME19 6RL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 191 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 24 January 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and thrive in this caring school.”
- “Children develop very positive friendships with one another.”
- “For example, older pupils take responsibility for children in the early years, reading to them and walking with them to the local church.”
To improve
- “While teachers are clear about what they need to teach, they are less clear about how they should teach the subject content.”
- “This leads to inconsistency in some subjects.”
- “As a result, while outcomes in national tests are strong, some pupils do not learn as well as they could in some subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 March 2023 (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) | 60% | 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: 12 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 12 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.
- More Park Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Leybourne, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lift St James the Great 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Offham Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ryarsh Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Lunsford Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brookfield Infant School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published