St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Whitstable
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Whitstable, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.437 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Whitstable is a primary school in Whitstable, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 8 November 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Whitstable 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 | 3.437 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
- Reception 2026's last distance offered was 3.437 miles, further than in 2025; the middle figure across 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance was 2.24 miles.
- Reception 2026 drew 23 first-choice applications for 25 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 8% 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
- Northwood Road, Whitstable, CT5 2EY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 301 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 8 November 2023
Strengths
- “The values of ‘joy, courage, honesty, excellence and community’ are threaded through daily life at St Mary’s.”
- “Pupils enjoy school and feel safe here.”
- “They trust adults to help them if they have a problem.”
To improve
- “While older pupils develop secure knowledge of methods and calculation, the school does not yet provide enough opportunities for pupils to demonstrate their mathematical reasoning skills.”
- “Very occasionally, pupils with SEND find it difficult to behave as the school expects.”
- “However, a minority of parents feel that the school does not engage or communicate with them as well as it could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 December 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) | 68% | 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: 23 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 23 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.
- Westmeads Community Infant School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Whitstable and Seasalter Endowed Church of England Junior School 0.6 mi School remains Outstanding
- Whitstable Junior School 0.7 mi Standards maintained
- St Alphege Church of England Infant School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Swalecliffe Community Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Joy Lane Primary Foundation School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thornden Wood Primary School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Hampton Primary School 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published