Iwade School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Sittingbourne, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.771 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Iwade School is a primary school in Sittingbourne, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 22 September 2022. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Iwade 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 | 4.771 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: the last child offered a place lived 4.771 miles away, the 102nd longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 80 first-choice applications for 90 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 10 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 52% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- School Lane, Iwade, Sittingbourne, ME9 8RS
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 591 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 22 September 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive in this busy and happy school.”
- “Leaders have carefully considered how pupils can feel part of their allotted ‘community’ within the bigger school.”
- “This helps pupils to feel a sense of belonging.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, the curriculum focuses more on skills and activities rather than knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 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) | 52% | 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: 80 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 80 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.
- Kemsley Primary Academy 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Regis Manor Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Milton Court Primary Academy 1.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bobbing Village School 1.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Grove Park Primary School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lower Halstow Primary School 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sunny Bank Primary School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Westlands Primary School 2.8 mi Not judged Last distance published