The Holy Family Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Maidstone, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
26.557 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Holy Family Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Maidstone, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 October 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
The Holy Family Catholic 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 | 26.557 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
- In 2024/25, 76% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
- Reception 2026's last distance offered was 26.557 miles, 13th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance; the middle figure was 2.24 miles.
- Reception 2026 had 25 first-choice applications for 28 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 60.1% of pupils, against a middle figure of 38.9% 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
- Bicknor Road, Park Wood, Maidstone, ME15 9PS
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 193 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 60.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 October 2023
Strengths
- “School is interesting and fun for pupils at The Holy Family Catholic Primary School.”
- “Pupils like learning and are inspired by the curriculum offered to them.”
- “They explain enthusiastically how it helps them to learn about the world.”
To improve
- “Occasionally, developing children’s communication skills through early talk for all children is not as focused as it could be.”
- “This means some children are not as wellprepared to learn in key stage 1 as they could be.”
- “Sometimes, the teaching approaches to these areas lack the consistency and effectiveness seen elsewhere as teachers strengthen their understanding of the new approaches or curriculum content.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 November 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) | 76% | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 25 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
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Straight-line distance, in Kent.
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- Leigh Academy Oaks 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
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- Tiger Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
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