Kingsnorth Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Ashford, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.118 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Kingsnorth Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Ashford, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 24 April 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Kingsnorth 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 | 1.118 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 last Reception 2026 place went to a child 1.118 miles away, against a middle figure of 2.24 miles across 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2025.
- Reception 2026 drew 68 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 59 offers went to first-choice families, and 9 first-choice families (13%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 61% 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
- Church Hill, Kingsnorth, Ashford, TN23 3EF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 419 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 24 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils feel safe and part of a caring community.”
- “They trust adults in school and feel appreciated in a purposeful and happy environment.”
- “The school has carefully adapted the provision to support these pupils’ needs.”
To improve
- “However, in some lessons, the activity choices are not precise enough.”
- “The key knowledge that pupils need is not always presented clearly, which means they do not remember it well enough.”
- “However, the low numbers of disadvantaged pupils do not yet achieve as well as other pupils by the end of key stage 2.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 June 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) | 61% | 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: 68 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 59 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 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Finberry Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- East Stour Primary School 1.2 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Beaver Green Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Simon of England Roman Catholic Primary School, Ashford 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The John Wesley Church of England Methodist Voluntary Aided Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ashford Oaks Community Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Great Chart Primary School 1.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published