Westcourt Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Gravesend, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.324 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Westcourt Primary School is a primary school in Gravesend, Kent for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 21 May 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Westcourt 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 | 0.324 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 2024/25, 47% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The last Reception 2026 place went to a child living 0.324 miles away, the 15th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- Reception 2026 drew 39 first-choice applications for 30 offers, all 30 going to first-choice families; 9 first-choice families (23%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility is 46% of pupils, against a middle figure of 35% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
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
- Silver Road, Gravesend, DA12 4JG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 285 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 46% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 21 May 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils receive a warm welcome in this friendly school.”
- “They are happy and they are safe.”
- “Pupils enjoy looking after Woody and Rex, the school guinea pigs.”
To improve
- “Outcomes in the Year 1 phonics screening check in 2024 were not strong.”
- “This is because there has been some inconsistency in teaching in the past.”
- “However, adaptations to support learning are not yet embedded in other subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 June 2025 (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) | 47% | 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: 39 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.
- Tymberwood Academy 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St John's Catholic Primary School, Gravesend 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Riverview Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Whitehill Primary School 0.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Chantry Community Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- King's Farm Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wrotham Road Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published