Sedley's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Gravesend, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.555 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Sedley's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Gravesend, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 July 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Sedley's 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 | 1.555 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
- For Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 1.555 miles from the school, the 164th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 14 first-choice applications for 15 offers; 12 went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (14%) were not offered a place.
- Every applicant was offered a place in 2 of the 3 Reception years with a published outcome: 2023, 2025 and 2026.
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% 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
- Church Street, Southfleet, Gravesend, DA13 9NR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 98 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 July 2023
Strengths
- “The school’s vision of ‘love to learn, learn to love’ is shared by staff and pupils alike.”
- “Pupils are taught how to be kind and polite and they consistently demonstrate these characteristics.”
- “They behave very well in class and around the school.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, they have not yet planned out precisely what should be taught.”
- “Occasionally, this results in pupils struggling because they have not got the necessary prior knowledge to understand or complete some of the activities they carry out in class.”
- “However, some activities are not as enticing as they could be and children do not always understand how to use some of the areas set out for them.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 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) | 67% | 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: 14 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 12 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.
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- Ebbsfleet Green Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Cherry Orchard 1.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Istead Rise Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Langafel Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Bean Primary School 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Shears Green Infant School 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published