Wateringbury Church of England Primary School
147 Bow Road, Maidstone, ME18 5EA
134 pupils · 64% of 210 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Local authority
- Kent
- Free school meals
- 27.6%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 1 July 2025, published 7 September 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 66% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 10% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.7 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 10 | 7 | 33 | 9 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 12 | 11 | 26 | 12 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 13 | 13 | 29 | 13 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 21 | 19 | 37 | 21 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 17 | 14 | 32 | 17 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 16 | 15 | 27 | 15 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 19 | 18 | 29 | 19 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 24 | 23 | 33 | 24 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- The Discovery School 2.5 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
- Yalding, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 2.9 km · Standards maintained (2024)
- Kings Hill School Primary and Nursery 2.9 km · Outstanding (2024) · previous system
- Valley Invicta Primary School At Kings Hill 3.2 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Mereworth Community Primary School 3.6 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Barming Primary School 4 km · No overall grade (2024)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.