Schools in Kent

527 schools with published admissions figures

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The newest figures for each school. "1st prefs per place" is how many families put the school first, for each place it gave out. It measures demand, not whether a child would get a place. A dash means the figure is not available.

How the 2026 round went in Kent

Primary

Offered their first choice 89.7%
Of families applying for a primary place for September 2026. Against 87.2% in 2016.
Offered one of their three 98.2%
Families offered any of the schools they named.
Families who applied 16,593
Applications received for a primary place. A family naming three schools counts once.

For September 2026, 89.7% of families applying for a primary place here were offered their first choice, and 98.2% were offered one of the three schools they named.

That is 2.4 points higher than in 2016, when it was 87.2%.

The council's primary schools between them had 18,893 places for 16,593 applications. That is a total for the whole council and says nothing about any one school in it.

Secondary

Offered their first choice 78.9%
Of families applying for a secondary place for September 2026. Against 81.4% in 2016.
Offered one of their three 94.8%
Families offered any of the schools they named.
Families who applied 18,644
Applications received for a secondary place. A family naming three schools counts once.

For September 2026, 78.9% of families applying for a secondary place here were offered their first choice, and 94.8% were offered one of the three schools they named.

That is 2.5 points lower than in 2016, when it was 81.4%.

The council's secondary schools between them had 19,539 places for 18,644 applications. That is a total for the whole council and says nothing about any one school in it.

Source: Department for Education, applications and offers. The same round across England.

If a family is refused a place

In 2026, families in Kent lodged 2,572 appeals about a school place.

2,114 of them were heard by a panel and 611 succeeded, which is about 29 in every 100 heard.

The other 458 did not reach a panel. Most appeals that do not are withdrawn because a place comes up first.

This is a record of decisions already made. A panel hears one case at a time and decides it on what that family sets out, so these figures do not indicate what would happen in any particular appeal.

Source: Department for Education, admission appeals in England, reporting year 2026. Counts every school in this council area. The share that succeeded is taken over appeals heard by a panel, not over appeals lodged.

Schools here running specialist SEN provision

58 of this council's published schools run a SEN unit or a resourced provision: teaching for children with special educational needs, on the same site as the rest of the school.

School	Phase	What it runs
Ashford Oaks Community Primary School Ashford	primary	Resourced provision
Bishops Down Primary and Nursery School Tunbridge Wells	primary	Resourced provision
Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs Broadstairs	primary	Resourced provision
Cage Green Primary School Tonbridge	primary	Resourced provision
Castle Hill Community Primary School Folkestone	primary	Resourced provision
Chilmington Green Primary School Ashford	primary	Resourced provision
Copperfield Academy Gravesend	primary	Resourced provision
Ebbsfleet Green Primary School Swanscombe	primary	Resourced provision
Finberry Primary School Ashford	primary	Resourced provision
Fleetdown Primary Academy Dartford	primary	Resourced provision
Garlinge Primary School and Nursery Margate	primary	Resourced provision
Hythe Bay CofE Primary School Hythe	primary	Resourced provision
Joy Lane Primary Foundation School Whitstable	primary	Resourced provision
King's Farm Primary School Gravesend	primary	Resourced provision
Langafel Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Longfield	primary	Resourced provision
Leigh Academy Cherry Orchard Ebbsfleet	primary	Resourced provision
Leigh Academy Langley Park Maidstone	primary	Resourced provision
Leigh Academy Molehill Maidstone	primary	Resourced provision
Margate, Holy Trinity and St John's Church of England Primary School Margate	primary	Resourced provision
Martello Primary Folkestone	primary	Resourced provision
Morehall Primary School and Nursery Folkestone	primary	Resourced provision
Oakfield Primary Academy Dartford	primary	Resourced provision
Reculver Church of England Primary School Herne Bay	primary	Resourced provision
River Primary School Dover	primary	Resourced provision
Slade Primary School and Attached Unit for Children with Hearing Impairment Tonbridge	primary	Resourced provision
St Nicholas Church of England Primary Academy New Romney	primary	Resourced provision
The Canterbury Primary School Canterbury	primary	Resourced provision
The John Wesley Church of England Methodist Voluntary Aided Primary School Ashford	primary	Resourced provision
The Oaks Infant School Sittingbourne	primary	Resourced provision
Thistle Hill Academy Sheerness	primary	Resourced provision
Tymberwood Academy Gravesend	primary	Resourced provision
Valley Invicta Primary School At East Borough Maidstone	primary	Resourced provision
Valley Invicta Primary School at Holborough Lakes Snodland	primary	Resourced provision
Valley Invicta Primary School At Kings Hill West Malling	primary	Resourced provision
Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase West Malling	primary	Resourced provision
West Malling Church of England Primary School and McGinty Speech and Language Srp West Malling	primary	Resourced provision
West Minster Primary School Sheerness	primary	Resourced provision
Whitfield Aspen School Dover	primary	Resourced provision
Goodwin Academy Deal	secondary	Resourced provision
Leigh Academy Hugh Christie Tonbridge	secondary	Resourced provision
Leigh Academy Longfield Longfield	secondary	Resourced provision
Leigh Academy Wilmington Wilmington	secondary	Resourced provision
Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys Canterbury	secondary	Resourced provision
Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy Dartford	secondary	Resourced provision
St Anselm's Catholic School, Canterbury Canterbury	secondary	Resourced provision
St Augustine Academy Maidstone	secondary	Resourced provision
St Gregory's Catholic School Tunbridge Wells	secondary	Resourced provision
Thamesview School Gravesend	secondary	Resourced provision
The Abbey School Faversham	secondary	Resourced provision
The Archbishop's School Canterbury	secondary	Resourced provision
The Canterbury Academy Canterbury	secondary	Resourced provision
The Charles Dickens School Broadstairs	secondary	Resourced provision
The Judd School Tonbridge	secondary	Resourced provision
The Malling School West Malling	secondary	Resourced provision
The Marsh Academy New Romney	secondary	Resourced provision
The North School Ashford	secondary	Resourced provision
The Sittingbourne School Sittingbourne	secondary	Resourced provision
Westlands School Sittingbourne	secondary	Resourced provision

This says a provision exists and nothing more. Neither how many children it takes nor which kinds of need it is set up for is published for a mainstream school, and it is not a statement about how well any school supports children with SEN. Ask the school or the council. Source: Department for Education, special educational needs in England.

All Through

School	1st prefs per place	Demand since	Latest Ofsted
Saint George's Church of England School Gravesend	1.09	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
St George's Church of England Foundation School Broadstairs	1.20	-	Standards maintained Ofsted ungraded inspection
The John Wallis Church of England Academy Ashford	0.64	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)

Primary

School	1st prefs per place	Demand since	Latest Ofsted
Adisham Church of England Primary School Canterbury	1.07	-	Strong standard Ofsted report card (current framework)
Aldington Primary School Ashford	1.10	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
All Soul's Church of England Primary School Folkestone	0.90	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Allington Primary School Maidstone	1.32	-	Outstanding Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Archbishop Courtenay Primary School Maidstone	0.98	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Ash Cartwright and Kelsey Church of England Primary School Canterbury	0.96	-	Improved significantly Ofsted ungraded inspection
Ashford Oaks Community Primary School Ashford	0.92	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Ashford, St Mary's Church of England Primary School Ashford	0.89	-	Standards maintained Ofsted ungraded inspection
Aycliffe Community Primary School Dover	0.94	-	School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection
Aylesham Primary School Canterbury	0.98	-	School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Ofsted ungraded inspection
Bapchild and Tonge Church of England Primary School and Nursery Sittingbourne	0.73	-	Standards maintained Ofsted ungraded inspection
Barham Church of England Primary School CANTERBURY	0.97	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Barming Primary School Maidstone	0.98	-	Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Bean Primary School Dartford	1.03	-	Standards maintained Ofsted ungraded inspection
Beaver Green Primary School Ashford	0.98	-	School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection
Benenden Church of England Primary School Cranbrook	1.40	-	School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection
Bethersden Primary School Ashford	0.85	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Bidborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Tunbridge Wells	0.73	-	School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection
Birchington Church of England Primary School Birchington	0.92	-	Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Bishop Chavasse Primary School Tonbridge	0.72	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Bishops Down Primary and Nursery School Tunbridge Wells	0.87	-	Expected standard Ofsted report card (current framework)
Blean Primary School Canterbury	1.33	-	School remains Outstanding Ofsted ungraded inspection
Bobbing Village School Sittingbourne	0.82	-	Requires improvement Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Bodsham Church of England Primary School Ashford	-	-	Needs attention Ofsted report card (current framework)
Borden Church of England Primary School Sittingbourne	0.95	-	Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Borough Green Primary School Sevenoaks	0.84	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Boughton Monchelsea Primary School Maidstone	0.71	-	School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection
Boughton-under-Blean and Dunkirk Primary School Faversham	0.90	-	Standards maintained Ofsted ungraded inspection
Brabourne Church of England Primary School Ashford	2.00	-	School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection
Bredgar Church of England Primary School Sittingbourne	0.80	-	School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection
Bredhurst Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Gillingham	1.00	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Brenchley and Matfield Church of England Primary School Tonbridge	1.47	-	School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection
Brenzett Church of England Primary School Romney Marsh	0.85	-	Standards maintained Ofsted ungraded inspection
Bridge and Patrixbourne Church of England Primary School Canterbury	0.85	-	School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection
Broadwater Down Primary School Tunbridge Wells	-	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs Broadstairs	0.62	-	Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Brook Community Primary School Ashford	0.82	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Brookfield Infant School Aylesford	0.87	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Brookland Church of England Primary School Romney Marsh	1.07	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Brunswick House Primary School Maidstone	0.82	-	School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection
Burham Church of England Primary School Rochester	0.89	-	School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection
Bysing Wood Primary School Faversham	0.70	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Cage Green Primary School Tonbridge	0.90	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Callis Grange Nursery and Infant School Broadstairs	0.89	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Canterbury Road Primary School Sittingbourne	1.23	-	School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection
Capel Primary School Tonbridge	0.86	-	School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection
Capel-le-Ferne Primary School Folkestone	0.83	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Castle Hill Community Primary School Folkestone	0.96	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Cecil Road Primary and Nursery School Gravesend	1.26	-	Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Challock Primary School Ashford	1.07	-	Outstanding Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Chantry Community Primary School Gravesend	0.93	-	Expected standard Ofsted report card (current framework)
Charing Church of England Primary School Ashford	0.73	-	Strong standard Ofsted report card (current framework)
Charlton Church of England Primary School Dover	1.03	-	School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection
Chartham Primary School Canterbury	0.91	-	School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection
Cheriton Primary School Folkestone	1.05	-	Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Chevening, St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Sevenoaks	1.10	-	Standards maintained Ofsted ungraded inspection
Chiddingstone Church of England School Edenbridge	1.13	-	Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)

Elsewhere

Most sought-after schools in Kent by first preferences per place
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Schools in CT11 (6)
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Schools in CT14 (11)
Schools in CT15 (8)
Schools in CT16 (10)
Schools in CT17 (8)
Schools in CT18 (4)
Schools in CT19 (13)
Schools in CT2 (7)
Schools in CT20 (6)
Schools in CT21 (7)
Schools in CT3 (11)
Schools in CT4 (8)
Schools in CT5 (6)
Schools in CT6 (6)
Schools in CT7 (3)
Schools in CT9 (9)
Schools in DA1 (20)
Schools in DA10 (5)
Schools in DA11 (14)
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