Rosherville Church of England Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Gravesend, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.505 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Rosherville Church of England Academy is a primary school in Gravesend, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 27 September 2022. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Rosherville Church of England Academy 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 | 0.505 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
- Of its pupils, 40% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 27.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
- In 2026 the last Reception place went to a child living 0.505 miles away, the 42nd shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 32 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 27 offers went to first-choice families and 5 first-choice families (16%) were not offered a place.
- 2024/25 results: 55% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Crete Hall Road, Gravesend, DA11 9RB
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 155 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 40% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 27 September 2022
Strengths
- “Rosherville Church of England Academy is a friendly place where everyone cares about each other.”
- “The school’s values of ‘compassion, trust, courage, wisdom, fellowship and thankfulness’ are commendably modelled by all members of the school community.”
- “Everyone is treated fairly and with respect.”
To improve
- “However, they recognise that early years and some aspects of the school’s curriculum need further strengthening.”
- “However, in early years they have not considered precisely enough what they want children to learn and how this learning aligns with the whole school’s curriculum.”
- “In addition, across the early years environment, activities set up for children do not always have a clear learning focus.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 November 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) | 55% | 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: 32 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 27 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 Botolph's Church of England Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Copperfield Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Northfleet 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Cecil Road Primary and Nursery School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lawn Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wrotham Road Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Springhead Park Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published