South Avenue Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Sittingbourne, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.721 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
South Avenue Primary School is a primary school in Sittingbourne, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 October 2022. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
South Avenue 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 | 1.721 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
- Reception 2026 drew 37 first-choice applications for 50 offers, 0.7 per offer, the 32nd lowest of 426 Kent primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 1.721 miles away, 181st shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 5% 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
- South Avenue, Sittingbourne, ME10 4SU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 408 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 October 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and eager to learn in this school.”
- “The school ethos of ‘together we discover, we learn, we grow’ is upheld in lessons and activities across the school.”
- “Pupils know the school’s values and use them to guide their thinking in class and when at play.”
To improve
- “Despite this, some pupils with SEND struggle to access the knowledge and skills they need across the curriculum.”
- “However, this practice is not embedded in other subjects in the curriculum.”
- “As a result, pupils do not always have the knowledge and vocabulary needed to explain their thinking in some lessons.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 November 2022 (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: 37 first-preference applications, 50 offers in total, 37 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.
- Canterbury Road Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sunny Bank Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Lansdowne Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- The Oaks Infant School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Minterne Junior School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Bapchild and Tonge Church of England Primary School and Nursery 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Westlands Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published