Warden House Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · Deal, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.188 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Warden House Primary School is a primary school in Deal, Kent for ages 5–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 18 March 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Warden House 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 | 1.188 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
- Reading, writing and maths 2024/25: 42% met the expected standard (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
- For Reception in 2026 the last child offered a place lived 1.188 miles away, the 121st shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- For Reception in 2026 there were 33 first-choice applications for 35 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
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
- Birdwood Avenue, Deal, CT14 9SF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 380 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 18 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at this nurturing school.”
- “They talk confidently about treating people equally and fairly.”
- “They explain values such as ‘success’ as knowing how to work together, and ‘positive’ as turning difficult challenges into positive situations.”
To improve
- “In a number of subjects, pupils do not learn the curriculum well.”
- “They have gaps in their knowledge in reading, writing and mathematics.”
- “The school has not supported pupils effectively to address these gaps.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 May 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) | 42% | 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: 33 first-preference applications, 35 offers in total, 33 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.
- Hornbeam Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sholden Church of England Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Deal Parochial Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Downs Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Sandown School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kingsdown and Ringwould Church of England Primary School 2.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Northbourne Church of England Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published