Petham Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Canterbury, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
5.207 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Petham Primary School is a primary school in Canterbury, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 1 April 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Petham 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 | 5.207 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 Reception 2026 place went to a child 5.207 miles away, the 93rd longest of the 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 9 first-choice applications for 10 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 67% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 17% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- With 99 pupils on roll in January 2026, there are 14.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 18.5 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
- Petham, Canterbury, CT4 5RD
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 99 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 1 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive in this warm and welcoming village school.”
- “They are excited about learning and are happy to be in school.”
- “The school’s carefully designed curriculum ensures that pupils achieve well, both personally and academically.”
To improve
- “In a few of the foundation subjects, the school’s work to refine elements of knowledge, such as subject-specific vocabulary, has not yet been completed.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 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) | 67% | 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: 9 first-preference applications, 10 offers in total, 9 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.
- Stelling Minnis Church of England Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Chartham Primary School 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wincheap Foundation Primary School 3.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bodsham Church of England Primary School 3.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bridge and Patrixbourne Church of England Primary School 3.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Canterbury Primary School 3.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Pilgrims' Way Primary School 4.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Chilham, St Mary's Church of England Primary School 4.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published