St Mary of Charity CofE (Aided) Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Faversham, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.237 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Mary of Charity CofE (Aided) Primary School is a primary school in Faversham, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 July 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
St Mary of Charity CofE (Aided) 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 | 0.237 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 2026, the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.237 miles away, the 9th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance (middle 2.24 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and in 2023, and was the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 47 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 17 first-choice families (36%) were not offered a place.
- 2024/25: 45% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 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
- Orchard Place, Faversham, ME13 8AP
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 208 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 July 2025
Strengths
- “This is a highly inclusive school, where pupils are valued for their individual qualities.”
- “The school is ambitious for pupils to do their best academically.”
- “From the early years onwards, children work hard and rise to meet these high expectations.”
To improve
- “However, staff do not check pupils’ understanding of previously taught essential knowledge carefully enough, in some subjects.”
- “This means staff do not always identify where pupils have gaps to help them inform future teaching.”
- “Consequently, some pupils do not achieve as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 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) | 45% | 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: 47 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Davington Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Ethelbert Road Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bysing Wood Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Ospringe Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Luddenham School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Graveney Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Boughton-under-Blean and Dunkirk Primary School 2.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hernhill Church of England Primary School 2.9 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published