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More Park Catholic Primary School

  • 2–11Ages
  • 183Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 141472URN

Lucks Hill, West Malling, ME19 6HN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodJul 2013
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Feb 2023
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.7per place
0.8 below Kent median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Kent

45 applications for 27 places · 348th of 385 in Kent
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
72%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodJul 2013
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Feb 2023

Inspection history

  1. 23 February 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.7applications per place, Reception
0.8 below Kent median (2.4) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

45 applications · 27 places offered · 26 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 1.7; Kent median median 2.4
  2. 2025 2.1; Kent median median 2.3
  3. 2024 1.6; Kent median median 2.4
  4. 2023 1.6; Kent median median 2.3
  5. 2022 1.1; Kent median median 2.1
  6. 2021 1.6; Kent median median 2.2
  7. 2020 1.4; Kent median median 2.2
  8. 2019 1.5; Kent median median 2.1
  9. 2018 1.6; Kent median median 2.1
  10. 2017 1.9; Kent median median 2.2
  11. 2016 2.0; Kent median median 2.5
  12. 2015 1.5; Kent median median 2.4
  13. 2014 1.8; Kent median median 2.3; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Kent median in 0 of 12 years.
  • This school
  • Kent median

Dashed bars: as More Park Catholic Primary School (URN 118774), the previous school.

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202627451.7260.96
Sep 202513272.1131.00
Sep 202425391.6240.96
Sep 202321341.6190.90
Sep 202226291.1170.65
Sep 202130481.6321.07
Sep 202028391.4281.00
Sep 201925381.5251.00
Sep 201830471.6280.93
Sep 201730571.9371.23
Sep 201623472.0220.96
Sep 201526401.5250.96
Sep 2014 *30551.8311.03

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 84% · Writing 78% · Maths 88% → all three 72% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard72%130th of 421 in Kent
Reading
Expected standard84%
Higher standard41%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard78%
Greater depth13%
Maths
Expected standard88%
Higher standard31%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Kent median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2572%13%107107
2023/2487%7%108106
2022/2379%3%108106

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

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  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
141472 · 886/3745
Trust
Kent Catholic Schools' Partnership
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
210 pupils · 183 on roll
Free school meals
15.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 October 2014
Replaced
More Park Catholic Primary School (URN 118774)
Address
Lucks Hill, West Malling, ME19 6HN
Local authority
Kent · Tonbridge and Malling

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources