Finberry Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · Ashford, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.791 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Finberry Primary School is a primary school in Ashford, Kent for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 24 January 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Finberry 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 | 2.791 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 2.791 miles away, the 176th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception last distances swung sharply between some years; the 2026 figure was further than in 2024 and 2023, and the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 49 first-choice applications for 54 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 76% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 12% 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
- Avocet Way, Finberry, Ashford, TN25 7GS
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 418 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 24 January 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils become confident and independent learners at this aspirational school.”
- “They behave well and show great kindness to one another.”
- “Pupils work hard to embrace the school’s values such as perseverance, respect, opportunity, unity and diversity.”
To improve
- “However, in computing, teachers do not always support pupils in remembering what they have previously learned, so that they can fully understand new learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 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) | 76% | 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: 49 first-preference applications, 54 offers in total, 49 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.
- Furley Park Primary Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- East Stour Primary School 0.9 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Kingsnorth Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Willesborough Junior School 1.5 mi School remains Good
- Willesborough Infant School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Mersham Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Simon of England Roman Catholic Primary School, Ashford 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Victoria Road Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published