Archbishop Courtenay Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · Maidstone, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.574 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Archbishop Courtenay Primary School is a primary school in Maidstone, Kent for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 6 June 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Archbishop Courtenay 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 | 0.574 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 child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.574 miles away, the 54th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- In 2024/25, 74% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 19% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 there were 47 first-choice applications for 48 offers; 46 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- Free school meals: 33.7% of pupils are eligible, against a middle figure of 26.8% 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
- Eccleston Road, Tovil, Maidstone, ME15 6QN
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 329 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 6 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of the caring and inclusive community in Archbishop Courtenay School.”
- “They appreciate leaders’ nurturing approach to mutual respect, which develops a sense of belonging.”
- “They buddy up with new arrivals, so they too quickly feel part of the school community.”
To improve
- “However, in some foundation subjects, end-of-topic reviews do not identify gaps in pupils’ knowledge in sufficient detail to enable teachers to unpick what knowledge pupils have secured.”
- “In these cases, teachers lack clarity about which key learning pupils need to revisit.”
- “While pupils who are in school benefit from these high expectations and support for learning and development, not enough pupils attend school regularly enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 July 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) | 74% | 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, 48 offers in total, 46 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.
- Maidstone, St Michael's Church of England Junior School 0.3 mi School remains Good
- St Michael's Church of England Infant School Maidstone 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- South Borough Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Park Way Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brunswick House Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Valley Invicta Primary School At East Borough 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Francis' Catholic Primary School, Maidstone 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- West Borough Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published