Charlton Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Dover, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.224 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Charlton Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Dover, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 22 November 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Charlton 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 | 1.224 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
- For Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 1.224 miles away, further than in 2025 and 2024, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years.
- There were 31 first-choice applications for 30 Reception offers in 2026; 28 offers went to first-choice families and 3 first-choice families (10%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 45% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% 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
- Barton Road, Dover, CT16 2LX
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 206 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 44.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 22 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils show great pride in being part of this warm and caring school community.”
- “They have strong relationships with staff and respond well to teachers’ high expectations.”
- “Pupils behave exceptionally well and treat each other with kindness.”
To improve
- “However, very occasionally, some pupils do not develop as deep an understanding as they could in some wider curriculum subjects because recent changes to the curriculum are still being embedded.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 January 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) | 45% | 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: 31 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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.
- Barton Junior School 0.1 mi School remains Good
- St Richard's Catholic Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shatterlocks Infant and Nursery School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Priory Fields School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Guston Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dover, St Mary's Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- White Cliffs Primary and Nursery School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Green Park Community Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published