More Park Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · West Malling, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.437 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
More Park Catholic Primary School is a primary school in West Malling, Kent for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 23 February 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
More Park 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 | 1.437 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, 72% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- In Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 1.437 miles away, 146th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance; the middle was 2.24 miles.
- Reception 2026 drew 26 first-choice applications for 27 offers: every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 15.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 29.9% 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
- Lucks Hill, West Malling, ME19 6HN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 183 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 23 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils and parents value the caring nature and family feel of this school.”
- “They feel part of the ‘More Park team’ because they know that their opinions and contributions are valued.”
- “Pupils know that they can make a difference by becoming a trained anti-bullying ambassador or language ambassador.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes pupils do not build the same depth of understanding in other subjects as they do in English and mathematics.”
- “Pupils can describe their current learning in the wider curriculum but find it hard to link this to previous learning.”
- “However, they do not connect this to develop a broader understanding of people, places or cultures.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 April 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) | 72% | 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: 26 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 26 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.
- West Malling Church of England Primary School and McGinty Speech and Language Srp 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Leybourne, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lift St James the Great 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Brookfield Infant School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Lunsford Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brookfield Junior School 1.1 mi School remains Good
- Ditton Church of England Junior School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade