Deal Parochial Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Deal, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.824 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Deal Parochial Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Deal, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 28 June 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Deal Parochial Church of England 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 | 1.824 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, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 1.824 miles away, 189th shortest of the 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 29 first-choice applications for 29 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; every applicant was offered a place in 1 of the 2 published years.
- Free school meal eligibility is 44% of pupils, against a middle figure of 33.5% 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
- Gladstone Road, Walmer, Deal, CT14 7ER
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 207 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 44% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 28 June 2023
Strengths
- “There is a palpable sense of care and community at Deal Parochial Primary School.”
- “Leaders, staff, parents and carers work well together to foster a positive and supportive environment in which pupils are known well and their needs are met effectively.”
- “Pupils are happy to come to this highly inclusive school.”
To improve
- “However, at times, pupils cannot consistently connect what they have learned to previous learning, nor can they remember this learning in the longer term.”
- “Leaders have identified this as an area for development, and they have started to trial ideas to regularly revisit key learning, though this is not yet embedded.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 September 2023 (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) | 69% | 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: 29 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 29 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.
- The Downs Church of England Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Warden House Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Hornbeam Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sandown School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sholden Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Kingsdown and Ringwould Church of England Primary School 1.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Northbourne Church of England Primary School 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published