Holywell Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · Sittingbourne, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.59 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Holywell Primary School is a primary school in Sittingbourne, Kent for ages 5–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 4 July 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Holywell 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 | 0.59 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 Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.59 miles away, 59th shortest of the 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception last distances have swung sharply, most of all from 2025 to 2026, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 40 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 10 first-choice families (25%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 84% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd highest 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
- Forge Lane, Upchurch, Sittingbourne, ME9 7AE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 212 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 4 July 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils cannot wait to get into school when they arrive in the morning.”
- “They are eager for the day ahead, excited by the challenges of the curriculum and what their teachers have in store for them.”
- “Pupils learn an ambitious curriculum that is enriched by a wide variety of interesting experiences.”
To improve
- “Sometimes, however, pupils’ writing contains several errors in spelling, punctuation and letter formation because this knowledge is not secure.”
- “Leader continue to be mindful of the impact of any changes on the workload of their staff.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 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) | 84% | 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, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Lower Halstow Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Newington Church of England Primary School 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bobbing Village School 3.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Grove Park Primary School 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Borden Church of England Primary School 3.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Iwade School 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Regis Manor Primary School 3.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published