Halstead Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Sevenoaks, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
7.199 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Halstead Community Primary School is a primary school in Sevenoaks, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 March 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Halstead Community 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 | 7.199 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
- Here 34.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 14.6% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
- Reception 2026's last distance offered was 7.199 miles, the 54th longest of the 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance; the middle figure was 2.24 miles.
- Reception 2026 had 6 first-choice applications for 6 offers, with every first-choice family offered a place; 4 of the 12 applications (33%) came from outside Kent.
- In 2024/25, 86% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% 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
- Otford Lane, Halstead, Sevenoaks, TN14 7EA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 55 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 11
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 4 March 2025
Strengths
- “At this school everyone is made to feel welcome.”
- “Staff and pupils are caring, respectful and accepting of others.”
- “Pupils, including children in the early years work and play alongside one another positively, regardless of differences or needs.”
To improve
- “However, on a few occasions, adaptations to learning resources or activities, is not sharply tailored to the individual needs of some pupils.”
- “However, some pupils miss out on these opportunities because of poor attendance.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 April 2025 (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) | 86% | 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, 6 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.
- Shoreham Village School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Katharine's Knockholt Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Otford Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Dunton Green Primary School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Chevening, St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 2.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Riverhead Infants' School 3.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Amherst School 3.5 mi Good
- Sevenoaks Primary School 3.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published