St Simon of England Roman Catholic Primary School, Ashford
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · Ashford, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.913 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Simon of England Roman Catholic Primary School, Ashford is a primary school in Ashford, Kent for ages 5–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 July 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
St Simon of England Roman Catholic Primary School, Ashford 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 | 0.913 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
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.913 miles away, the 99th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- Reception 2026 had 29 first-choice applications for 30 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Every applicant was offered a place in 3 of the 4 years with a published Reception outcome.
- In 2024/25, 40% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd 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
- Noakes Meadow, Ashford, TN23 4RB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 208 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 July 2025
Strengths
- “Staff at this inclusive school nurture and care for pupils.”
- “Pupils feel safe and staff keep them safe.”
- “Pupils are happy coming to school.”
To improve
- “However, there are some inconsistencies in how well teachers check pupils’ understanding.”
- “At times, pupils’ misconceptions are not picked up as swiftly as they could be in order to help pupils learn even more.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 September 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) | 40% | 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: 29 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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.
- Ashford Oaks Community Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Beaver Green Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Victoria Road Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Great Chart Primary School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The John Wesley Church of England Methodist Voluntary Aided Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ashford, St Mary's Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- East Stour Primary School 1.2 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Godinton Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published