St Botolph's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Gravesend, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.9 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Botolph's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Gravesend, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 29 March 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
St Botolph's 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 | 0.9 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 Reception 2026 last distance offered was 0.9 miles, the 97th shortest of the 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- The Reception last distance was further in 2026 than in 2023, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 51 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 47 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (8%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% 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
- Dover Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, DA11 9PL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 422 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 29 March 2023
Strengths
- “St Botolph’s has a strong community ethos.”
- “Leaders have high expectations and want pupils to excel.”
- “In class, pupils are keen to contribute and work hard.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, where the curriculum is new, not all teachers are as confident.”
- “Consequently, they do not always plan activities that build on what pupils already know.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 May 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) | 70% | 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: 51 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 47 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.
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Northfleet 0.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Copperfield Academy 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rosherville Church of England Academy 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Lawn Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cecil Road Primary and Nursery School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Springhead Park Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Painters Ash Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wrotham Road Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published