John Mayne Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Ashford, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.681 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
John Mayne Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Ashford, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
John Mayne 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 | 3.681 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 2024/25, 27% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), lowest among this school and the 7 of its 8 nearest Kent primaries with results.
- For Reception 2026 there were 16 first-choice applications for 15 offers; all 15 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- The last Reception place in 2026 went to a child 3.681 miles away, the 132nd longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- Some 31.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, above the middle figure of 27.2% across 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
- High Street, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8AL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 94 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 25 February 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils feel a strong sense of belonging in this small village school and they take pride in its long history.”
- “They enjoy learning about the school’s place in local history and value the facts they discover.”
- “Pupils form consistently positive relationships with staff and with one another.”
To improve
- “Pupils enjoy learning, but they do not achieve as well as they could.”
- “Plans to support their needs are clear, but staff do not apply these plans consistently, so barriers to learning remain.”
- “Pupils with any form of disadvantage have positive attitudes to learning, yet the support they receive in class does not always help them make secure progress.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 May 2026 (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) | 27% | 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: 16 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 15 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.
- Frittenden Church of England Primary School 2.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Michael's Church of England Primary School 2.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Smarden Primary School 3.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- High Halden Church of England Primary School 3.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sissinghurst Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School 3.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Tenterden Church of England Junior School 3.9 mi Not judged
- Headcorn Primary School 3.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Tenterden Infant School 3.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published