Sturry Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Canterbury, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.829 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Sturry Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Canterbury, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 February 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Sturry 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 | 3.829 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 Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 3.829 miles away, the 126th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance (middle 2.24 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further than in 2024 and 2023, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- In 2026 Reception entry, 47 first-choice applications for 59 offers: every first-choice family was offered a place, and 12 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 78% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), though 5% 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
- Park View, Sturry, Canterbury, CT2 0NR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 414 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 4 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils love coming to this welcoming, nurturing and inspirational school.”
- “Staff work tirelessly to ensure that all pupils thrive and flourish in an inclusive learning environment and rise to their high expectations.”
- “Pupils have a strong voice in the school and know that their opinions and suggestions are valued.”
To improve
- “A few parents commented that they would appreciate even more opportunities to find out how well their children are doing.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 March 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) | 78% | 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: 47 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 47 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.
- Water Meadows Primary School 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Parkside Community Foundation Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Stephen's Junior School 2.3 mi School remains Good
- St Stephen's Infant School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Canterbury 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Johns Church of England Primary School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Hoath Primary School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Pilgrims' Way Primary School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published