Kemsley Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Sittingbourne, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.025 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Kemsley Primary Academy is a primary school in Sittingbourne, Kent for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 23 October 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Kemsley Primary Academy 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 | 1.025 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 1.025 miles away, the 109th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- That distance was further than in 2023, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance; the sharpest swing came between 2023 and 2024.
- Reception 2026 drew 17 first-choice applications for 21 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 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
- Coldharbour Lane, Kemsley, Sittingbourne, ME10 2RP
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 217 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 23 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this friendly school.”
- “Pupils enact the school’s values of exploration and positivity.”
- “They behave well and form trusting relationships with one another.”
To improve
- “However, the knowledge and recall of multiplication facts is not secure for some older pupils.”
- “However, as this is in its early stages, some pupils with SEND do not achieve as well as they could in all subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 November 2024 (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) | 57% | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 17 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.
- Regis Manor Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Milton Court Primary Academy 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Iwade School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bobbing Village School 1.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Sunny Bank Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Grove Park Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Canterbury Road Primary School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Westlands Primary School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published