St Mark's Church of England Primary School, Eccles
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Aylesford, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.605 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Mark's Church of England Primary School, Eccles is a primary school in Aylesford, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 22 March 2022. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
St Mark's Church of England Primary School, Eccles 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 | 1.605 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, 56% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The last child offered a Reception place for 2026 lived 1.605 miles away, further than in 2024, and 169th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance.
- 30.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 21.6% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
- For Reception 2026, there were 13 first-choice applications for 13 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; the published admission number was 20 places.
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
- Eccles Row, Eccles, Aylesford, ME20 7HS
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 109 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 22 March 2022
Strengths
- “This small, inclusive school has a big heart.”
- “Staff warmly greet pupils when they walk through the school gates.”
- “Pupils have the opportunity to check in with a friend or a trusted adult at the start of the school day.”
To improve
- “However, not all pupils attend school regularly enough, leading them to miss important learning.”
- “However, it is too soon to see the impact of this work.”
- “Although the effectiveness of teaching is variable and contributes to below-average outcomes in national assessments, pupils demonstrate excellent attitudes to learning across the school, including in the early years.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 September 2026 (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) | 56% | 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: 13 first-preference applications, 13 offers in total, 13 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.
- Burham Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford 1.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Wouldham, All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Valley Invicta Primary School at Holborough Lakes 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Katherine's School & Nursery 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Ditton Infant School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Tunbury Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published