St Edward's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Sheerness, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.863 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Edward's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Sheerness, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 24 September 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
St Edward's 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 | 1.863 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 Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.863 miles away, the 193rd shortest of 434 Kent primary schools (this one included) with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2024; it swung sharply between some years, the biggest move being 2024 to 2026.
- In the 2026 Reception entry, 25 first-choice applications for 25 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 43% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 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
- New Road, Sheerness, ME12 1BW
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 198 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 58.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 24 September 2024
Strengths
- “The smallest school on the Isle of Sheppey, St Edward’s is a close community where families and the school work together.”
- “Although the school is in one of the most deprived areas of the south east, pupils are motivated to do well and improve their life chances.”
- “Pupils are welcomed and feel safe and nurtured by the care they receive.”
To improve
- “However, pupils’ achievements in previous key stage 2 published outcomes do not yet match the school’s ambition.”
- “Staff check that pupils remember the key vocabulary, but they do not always precisely check pupils’ understanding of this language.”
- “This means that staff do not use this information to adapt future teaching consistently well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 November 2024 (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) | 43% | 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, 25 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.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kent.
- Rose Street Primary School 0.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- West Minster Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Richmond Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Halfway Houses Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Queenborough School and Nursery 1.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Thistle Hill Academy 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Minster in Sheppey Primary School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Georges CofE (Aided) Primary School 3.0 mi Good Last distance published