Barming Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · Maidstone, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.139 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Barming Primary School is a primary school in Maidstone, Kent for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 24 September 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Barming 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 | 1.139 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
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 1.139 miles away, the 118th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- That 2026 figure was about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2023; every applicant was offered a place in 1 of the 4 years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 59 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 57 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (3%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 48% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 5% 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
- Belmont Close, Barming, Maidstone, ME16 9DY
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 480 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 24 September 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils love being part of this vibrant school where staff welcome them enthusiastically each day.”
- “Pupils are taught to treat everyone kindly as they carry out their roles of responsibility, such as being school councillors and house captains.”
- “They look forward to social times and the many choices of activities on offer.”
To improve
- “Leaders recognise that since the COVID-19 pandemic, pupils have not attained as well as they could by the end of key stage 2.”
- “The school is still developing how it adapts teaching in some areas of the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 October 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) | 48% | 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: 59 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 57 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.
- Jubilee Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- West Borough Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Francis' Catholic Primary School, Maidstone 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- East Farleigh Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Palace Wood Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Maidstone, St Michael's Church of England Junior School 1.6 mi School remains Good
- St Michael's Church of England Infant School Maidstone 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Allington Primary School 1.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published