Shorne Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · Gravesend, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.104 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Shorne Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Gravesend, Kent for ages 5–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 8 March 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Shorne Church of England 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 | 4.104 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 4.104 miles away, the 119th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2023.
- 2026 Reception entry had 26 first-choice applications for 30 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 14% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Cob Drive, Shorne, Gravesend, DA12 3DU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 211 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 8 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish in this nurturing and inclusive school.”
- “Trust leaders, governors and staff are united in their ambition for pupils to achieve their best, both academically and personally.”
- “Pupils enjoy their learning and value their friendships.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, such as history, science and art, the curriculum has been introduced more recently, and there remains work to do.”
- “In these subjects, leaders have not provided teachers with precise enough information about what pupils should learn step by step.”
- “As a result, pupils do not learn and achieve as well as they could across the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 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) | 69% | 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, 30 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.
- Higham Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Tymberwood Academy 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Riverview Academy 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Westcourt Primary School 2.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Singlewell Primary School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Cobham Primary School 2.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- King's Farm Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St John's Catholic Primary School, Gravesend 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published