St Teresa's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · Ashford, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.165 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Ashford, Kent for ages 5–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 18 June 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
St Teresa's Catholic 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 | 1.165 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, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 25% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 1.165 miles away, the 120th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2 of the 3 years with a published outcome; in 2026 there were 16 first-choice applications for 17 offers.
- At this school, 17.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 28.5% 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
- Quantock Drive, Ashford, TN24 8QN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 214 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 18 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils celebrate the inclusive nature of this school community.”
- “They are proud to attend a place where everyone is welcome and different cultures are celebrated.”
- “For example, pupils discussed with relish the recent ‘culture days’ during which they learned about food, customs and native dress of different countries.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, there is not a consistently sharp connection between the intended learning and the activities undertaken in lessons.”
- “When this happens, pupils are not developing their knowledge and understanding in the way that is envisaged by the school.”
- “In other areas of the curriculum, however, these checks are not as consistently effective.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 July 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) | 63% | 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: 16 first-preference applications, 17 offers in total, 16 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.
- Ashford, St Mary's Church of England Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Repton Manor Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Victoria Road Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Phoenix Community Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Godinton Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Goat Lees Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Ashford Oaks Community Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Simon of England Roman Catholic Primary School, Ashford 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published