Rolvenden Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · Cranbrook, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.253 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Rolvenden Primary School is a primary school in Cranbrook, Kent for ages 5–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 26 June 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Rolvenden 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 | 3.253 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 in 2026 lived 3.253 miles away, the 158th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 6 first-choice applications for 7 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 73% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%).
- The 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the 3rd highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent that have results.
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
- Hastings Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, TN17 4LS
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 90 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 26 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are surrounded with care and kindness at this small, friendly school.”
- “The school’s motto, ‘Small school – Big difference’, captures their experiences here.”
- “Pupils enjoy playing and learning together.”
To improve
- “The school recognises the need to ensure the early years curriculum is more precisely linked to Year 1 to ensure children have the knowledge they need in all subjects, ready for Year 1.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 July 2024 (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: 6 first-preference applications, 7 offers in total, 6 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.
- Benenden Church of England Primary School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Tenterden Church of England Junior School 2.9 mi Not judged
- Tenterden Infant School 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sandhurst Primary School 3.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Michael's Church of England Primary School 3.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wittersham Church of England Primary School 4.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- John Mayne Church of England Primary School 4.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hawkhurst Church of England Primary School 4.9 mi Good Last distance published