Pilgrims' Way Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Canterbury, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.451 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Pilgrims' Way Primary School is a primary school in Canterbury, Kent for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 September 2022. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Pilgrims' Way 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 | 1.451 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
- Reception 2026 had 40 first-choice applications for 44 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 44% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The last Reception place offered in 2026 went to a child living 1.451 miles away, the 147th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance.
- 51.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 35.4% 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
- Pilgrims Way, Canterbury, CT1 1XU
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 404 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 51.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 September 2022
Strengths
- “Pilgrims’ Way is a welcoming, friendly and supportive place to be.”
- “Pupils get on well together and have a sense of belonging in this vibrant, caring community.”
- “Pupils describe their school as a happy and beautiful place.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, the essential knowledge and skills that leaders want pupils to learn are not as well defined.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 October 2022 (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) | 44% | 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: 40 first-preference applications, 44 offers in total, 40 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.
- St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Canterbury 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Johns Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Methodist Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Parkside Community Foundation Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Wincheap Foundation Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Stephen's Infant School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Stephen's Junior School 1.7 mi School remains Good
- The Canterbury Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published