Istead Rise Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Gravesend, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.336 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Istead Rise Primary School is a primary school in Gravesend, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 28 February 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Istead Rise 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 | 0.336 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 there were 57 first-choice applications for 30 offers, with 1.9 first choices per offer, the 5th highest of 426 Kent primary schools.
- For Reception 2026, 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 27 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 0.336 miles, and that figure was the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- In 2024/25, 83% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%).
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
- Downs Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, DA13 9HG
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 211 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 28 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are rightly proud of their school.”
- “They love learning in this vibrant and exciting environment.”
- “Staff set high expectations of pupils’ achievement, and pupils enjoy rising to the challenge.”
To improve
- “While there are routines for checking what pupils know and addressing misconceptions, this does not always happen as effectively as it could.”
- “Sometimes, gaps in pupils’ knowledge are not identified, and sometimes these are then not addressed quickly enough.”
- “This means that, at times, errors in pupils’ thinking or work persist.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 April 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) | 83% | 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: 57 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Langafel Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Sedley's Church of England Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Painters Ash Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shears Green Infant School 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Shears Green Junior School 1.6 mi School remains Good
- King's Farm Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Singlewell Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Meopham Community Academy 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published