Furley Park Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Ashford, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.768 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Furley Park Primary Academy is a primary school in Ashford, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 3 December 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Furley Park 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 | 1.768 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 1.768 miles away, 186th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2 of the 3 years with a published outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 57 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 54 went to first-choice families and 3 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 18% 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
- Reed Crescent, Park Farm, Kingsnorth, Ashford, TN23 3PA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 504 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 3 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils work hard and achieve well at this calm and caring school.”
- “They have excellent attitudes to learning and strive to meet the high expectations of teachers.”
- “Pupils concentrate well and share their learning excitedly.”
To improve
- “Teachers’ checks on pupils’ learning are not consistent enough.”
- “Teachers do not always identify pupils’ gaps in learning quickly.”
- “However, the persistent absence of disadvantaged pupils is still too high.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 January 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: 57 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 54 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.
- Kingsnorth Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Finberry Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- East Stour Primary School 1.2 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Beaver Green Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Simon of England Roman Catholic Primary School, Ashford 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The John Wesley Church of England Methodist Voluntary Aided Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ashford Oaks Community Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Willesborough Junior School 2.1 mi School remains Good