St Peter's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Sittingbourne, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.509 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Peter's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Sittingbourne, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 6 February 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
St Peter'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 | 1.509 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
- At 1.509 miles, the Reception 2026 last distance offered was the 152nd shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance, and nearer than in 2025.
- For Reception 2026 there were 21 first-choice applications for 27 offers; 20 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family (5%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2024/25 figure of 67% was the 2nd highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent that have results.
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
- West Ridge, Sittingbourne, ME10 1UJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 210 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 6 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school and the roles they play in making it a great place to be.”
- “They feel safe here and are overtly welcoming to newcomers.”
- “The school’s values of faith, love and respect are understood by pupils and clearly matter to them.”
To improve
- “However, despite some strengths, teaching of the school’s phonics programme is inconsistent.”
- “Some fundamental requirements are not as secure as they should be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 March 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) | 67% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 20 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.
- Minterne Junior School 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Oaks Infant School 0.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Westlands Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Tunstall Church of England (Aided) Primary School 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- South Avenue Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Canterbury Road Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Grove Park Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Milton Court Primary Academy 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published