Sholden Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Deal, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.823 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Sholden Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Deal, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 June 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Sholden 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 | 0.823 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
- The last child offered a Reception place for 2026 lived 0.823 miles away, the 84th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance (middle 2.24 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and in 2024, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- In Reception 2026 there were 10 first-choice applications for 12 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 18% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- London Road, Sholden, Deal, CT14 0AB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 91 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are incredibly positive about their experiences at Sholden Church of England Primary School.”
- “They are bubbling with eagerness to talk about the range of different opportunities available to them, including being ‘buddies’ for younger pupils, becoming members of the school or spiritual councils, or being prefects.”
- “Pupils are proud to hold these responsibilities, and those who do not yet have the chance are keen to have these opportunities in the future.”
To improve
- “In some foundation subjects, however, these small steps have not yet been identified quite as closely.”
- “This means that, on occasion, lesson activities are not always as precisely linked to the intended learning as they could be.”
- “In other foundation subjects, while teachers do check pupils’ understanding, this is not done as precisely as in reading and mathematics.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 July 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) | 73% | 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: 10 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 10 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.
- Hornbeam Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Warden House Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Deal Parochial Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Downs Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Sandown School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Northbourne Church of England Primary School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kingsdown and Ringwould Church of England Primary School 2.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published