Primary 2020/21
The voluntary-aided, foundation and academy schools listed below are their own admissions authority. This means that they decide their own admissions criteria. If you wish to comment on their arrangements please contact the school's chair of governors.
Admissions criteria will be updated on our website when we receive them. If your school is not on the below list, please check at a later date.
About admission arrangements
The government has determined a new Admissions Code (2021) which includes a requirement for children who appear to an admission authority “to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted” to be given equal first priority in admission arrangements, alongside looked after children (LAC) and children who were previously looked after by English local authorities (PLAC). These children will be referred to as internationally adopted previously looked after children (IAPLAC).
This means that admission authorities were required to update their 2021/22 and 2022/23 admissions arrangements to include this new priority. Where schools have provided KCC with updated documents, they have been included below. As this is a legal requirement of the new Admissions Code, IAPLAC will be provided equal priority in all schools’ oversubscription criteria even if the following wording does not appear in a school’s admission arrangements:
"Looked after children and previously looked after children: a looked after child is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions (see the definition in Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989) at the time of making an application to a school.
A previously looked after child means such children who were adopted (or subject to child arrangements orders or special guardianship orders) immediately following having been looked after and those children who appear to the admission authority to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
A child is regarded as having been in state care outside of England if they were in the care of or were accommodated by a public authority, a religious organisation, or any other provider of care whose sole or main purpose is to benefit society."
School admissions documents may not accessible to assistive technology (such as screen readers). You can request an alternative format.
Primary school admissions
A - B
- Adisham Church of England Primary School (PDF, 165.2 KB)
- Aldington Primary School (PDF, 198.9 KB)
- All Souls Church of England Primary School (PDF, 244.1 KB)
- Allington Primary School (PDF, 120.9 KB)
- Amherst School (PDF, 290.5 KB)
- Anthony Roper Primary School (PDF, 247.8 KB)
- Archbishop Courtenay Primary School (PDF, 200.2 KB)
- Ash Cartwright and Kelsey Church of England Primary School (PDF, 100.0 KB)
- Bapchild and Tonge CE (Aided) Primary School (PDF, 717.2 KB)
- Barming Primary School (PDF, 141.1 KB)
- Beaver Green Primary School (PDF, 147.0 KB)
- Bobbing Village School (PDF, 180.9 KB)
- Borden Church of England Primary School (PDF, 1.1 MB)
- Bredgar Church of England Primary School (PDF, 1.4 MB)
- Brenchley and Matfield CE Primary School (PDF, 195.1 KB)
- Brent Primary School (PDF, 435.6 KB)
- Briary Primary School (PDF, 72.2 KB)
- Bromstone Primary School (PDF, 78.6 KB)
- Brook Community Primary School (PDF, 219.1 KB)
C - F
- Canterbury Primary School (PDF, 470.3 KB)
- Challock Primary School (PDF, 181.4 KB)
- Chantry Community Academy (PDF, 327.2 KB)
- Charing Church of England Primary School (PDF, 437.8 KB)
- Charlton Church of England Primary School (PDF, 181.5 KB)
- Cheriton Primary School (PDF, 145.6 KB)
- Cherry Orchard Primary Academy (PDF, 178.3 KB)
- Chevening St Botolph's CofE Primary School (PDF, 232.9 KB)
- Chiddingstone CofE Primary School (PDF, 1.2 MB)
- Chilmington Green Primary School (PDF, 476.8 KB)
- Chilton Primary School (PDF, 397.6 KB)
- Christ Church Church of England Academy (PDF, 106.8 KB)
- Christ Church Church of England Junior School (PDF, 438.1 KB)
- Cliftonville Primary School (PDF, 251.7 KB)
- Colliers Green CofE Primary School (PDF, 319.2 KB)
- Coxheath Primary School (PDF, 494.5 KB)
- Culverstone Green Primary School (PDF, 139.8 KB)
- Dame Janet Primary Academy (PDF, 692.4 KB)
- Dartford Primary Academy (PDF, 178.4 KB)
- Ditton CofE Junior School (PDF, 117.7 KB)
- Ditton Infant School (PDF, 57.9 KB)
- Downs Church of England Primary School (PDF, 800.9 KB)
- Drapers Mills Primary Academy (PDF, 84.0 KB)
- Dymchurch Primary School (PDF, 735.7 KB)
- Elham Church of England Primary School (PDF, 710.2 KB)
- Finberry Primary School (PDF, 425.0 KB)
- Folkestone Academy (PDF, 210.4 KB)
- Folkestone St Mary's Church of England Primary (PDF, 188.4 KB)
- Fordcombe CofE Primary School (PDF, 511.2 KB)
- Furley Park Primary Academy (PDF, 201.3 KB)
- Gateway Primary Academy (PDF, 158.9 KB)
- Godinton Primary School (PDF, 294.3 KB)
- Graveney Primary School (PDF, 246.3 KB)
- Greatstone Primary School (PDF, 98.9 KB)
- Grove Park Primary School (PDF, 256.7 KB)
- Halfway Houses Primary School (PDF, 117.9 KB)
- Hamstreet Primary Academy (PDF, 181.0 KB)
- Hartley Primary Academy (PDF, 169.3 KB)
- Hartlip Endowed CE Aided Primary School (PDF, 1.5 MB)
- Hawkinge Primary School (PDF, 132.3 KB)
- Herne Bay Junior School (PDF, 154.7 KB)
- Herne Church of England Junior School (PDF, 190.4 KB)
- Hersden Village Primary School (PDF, 404.0 KB)
- Hever Church of England Aided Primary School (PDF, 482.5 KB)
- Holy Trinity CE Primary School Gravesend (PDF, 106.6 KB)
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School Dartford (PDF, 774.7 KB)
- Horizon Primary Academy (PDF, 61.7 KB)
- Hunton Primary School (PDF, 332.1 KB)
I - M
- Ide Hill Church of England Primary School (PDF, 609.2 KB)
- Istead Rise Primary School (PDF, 334.7 KB)
- Iwade School (PDF, 284.6 KB)
- John Wesley Church of England Methodist Primary School (PDF, 152.2 KB)
- Joydens Wood Junior School (PDF, 167.5 KB)
- Jubilee Primary School (PDF, 184.5 KB)
- Kemsley Primary Academy (PDF, 217.2 KB)
- Kingsnorth Church of England Primary School (PDF, 723.8 KB)
- Knockhall Primary School (PDF, 722.4 KB)
- Lady Boswell's CE Primary School (PDF, 404.2 KB)
- Langley Park Primary Academy (PDF, 120.2 KB)
- Lansdowne Primary School (PDF, 399.2 KB)
- Lawn Primary School (PDF, 181.7 KB)
- Loose Primary School (PDF, 504.8 KB)
- Luddenham School (PDF, 260.3 KB)
- Lydd Primary School (PDF, 735.7 KB)
- Lynsted and Norton Primary School (PDF, 735.7 KB)
- Manor Community Primary School (PDF, 97.2 KB)
- Martello Primary School (PDF, 212.5 KB)
- Mersham Primary School (PDF, 636.3 KB)
- Milton Court Primary Academy (PDF, 388.6 KB)
- Molehill Primary Academy (PDF, 193.8 KB)
- More Park Catholic Primary School (PDF, 798.6 KB)
- Morehall Primary (PDF, 212.9 KB)
N - R
- Newlands Primary School (PDF, 209.9 KB)
- Northdown Primary School (PDF, 370.8 KB)
- Northbourne Church of England Primary School (PDF, 790.4 KB)
- Oakfield Primary Academy (PDF, 300.5 KB)
- Oaks Infant School (PDF, 327.9 KB)
- Oaks Primary Academy (PDF, 193.3 KB)
- Our Lady's Catholic Primary School (PDF, 237.5 KB)
- Painters Ash Primary School (PDF, 234.7 KB)
- Penshurst Church of England Primary School (PDF, 476.9 KB)
- Petham Primary School (PDF, 735.7 KB)
- Phoenix Community Primary School (PDF, 960.0 KB)
- Pilgrims' Way Primary School (PDF, 239.0 KB)
- Platt Church of England Primary School (PDF, 144.7 KB)
- Pluckley Church of England Primary School (PDF, 129.6 KB)
- Priory Fields School (PDF, 219.1 KB)
- Ramsgate Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School (PDF, 159.7 KB)
- Reculver Church of England Primary School (PDF, 402.3 KB)
- Regis Manor Primary School (PDF, 75.5 KB)
- Repton Manor Primary School (PDF, 275.3 KB)
- Richmond Academy (PDF, 399.1 KB)
- River Mill Primary School (PDF, 394.3 KB)
- Riverview Infant School (PDF, 128.3 KB)
- Riverview Junior School (PDF, 133.1 KB)
- Roseacre Junior School (PDF, 572.4 KB)
- Rosherville Church of England Academy (PDF, 113.0 KB)
- Royal Rise Primary School (PDF, 214.6 KB)
- Rusthall St Paul's Church of England Primary School (PDF, 128.6 KB)
S
- Salmestone Primary School (PDF, 105.5 KB)
- Saltwood Church of England Primary School (PDF, 377.5 KB)
- Sedley's Church of England Primary School (PDF, 89.8 KB)
- Selling Church of England Primary School (PDF, 735.7 KB)
- Shatterlocks Infant School (PDF, 189.4 KB)
- Shears Green Infant School (PDF, 238.1 KB)
- Shears Green Junior School (PDF, 141.7 KB)
- Sheldwich Primary School (PDF, 232.0 KB)
- Sholden CE Primary School (PDF, 268.7 KB)
- Shorne Church of England Primary School (PDF, 130.4 KB)
- Sissinghurst Church of England Primary School (PDF, 1000.8 KB)
- Skinners’ Kent Primary School (PDF, 291.2 KB)
- Smarden Primary School (PDF, 213.3 KB)
- Smeeth Community Primary School (PDF, 155.8 KB)
- Snodland Church of England Primary School (PDF, 457.8 KB)
- South Avenue Primary School (PDF, 115.7 KB)
- Speldhurst Church of England Primary School (PDF, 242.7 KB)
- St Anselm's Catholic Primary School (PDF, 204.2 KB)
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School - Tunbridge Wells (PDF, 502.6 KB)
- St Barnabas Church of England Primary School (PDF, 399.0 KB)
- St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School (PDF, 428.9 KB)
- St Botolph's Church of England Primary School (PDF, 320.1 KB)
- St Eanswythe's Church of England Primary School (PDF, 405.6 KB)
- St Edward's Catholic Primary School (PDF, 498.0 KB)
- St Francis Catholic Primary School (PDF, 242.7 KB)
- St George's CE Primary School Gravesend (PDF, 218.0 KB)
- St George's Church of England Foundation School (PDF, 432.1 KB)
- St George's Church of England Primary School Sheerness (PDF, 597.5 KB)
- St Gregory's Catholic Primary School (PDF, 485.3 KB)
- St James the Great Academy (PDF, 135.3 KB)
- St John's Catholic Primary School (PDF, 173.8 KB)
- St John's Church of England Primary School - Maidstone (PDF, 600.1 KB)
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School - Aylesham (PDF, 107.5 KB)
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School - Broadstairs (PDF, 496.4 KB)
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Northfleet (PDF, 227.5 KB)
- St Katharine's Knockholt Church of England Primary School (PDF, 190.3 KB)
- St Laurence-in-Thanet Junior Academy (PDF, 121.4 KB)
- St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School (PDF, 441.3 KB)
- St Martin's School - Dover (PDF, 232.0 KB)
- St Mary of Charity Church of England Primary School (PDF, 120.8 KB)
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School - Deal (PDF, 196.5 KB)
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School - Whitstable (PDF, 499.4 KB)
- St Mary's CofE Primary School - Ashford (PDF, 209.8 KB)
- St Mary's CofE Primary School - Dover (PDF, 491.0 KB)
- St Michael's Church of England Primary School (PDF, 564.5 KB)
- St Mildred's Primary Infant School (PDF, 249.6 KB)
- St Nicholas' Church of England Primary Academy (PDF, 366.2 KB)
- St Peter-in-Thanet CofE Junior School (PDF, 312.1 KB)
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School (PDF, 242.9 KB)
- St Richard's Catholic Primary School (PDF, 185.2 KB)
- St Simon of England Catholic Primary School (PDF, 213.6 KB)
- St Stephen's Junior School (PDF, 195.3 KB)
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School (PDF, 1015.2 KB)
- St Thomas' Catholic Primary School - Canterbury (PDF, 236.8 KB)
- Stella Maris Catholic Primary School (PDF, 195.3 KB)
- Sturry Church of England Primary School (PDF, 404.4 KB)
- Sutton-at-Hone Church of England Primary School (PDF, 323.8 KB)
T - W
- Temple Ewell Church of England Primary School (PDF, 233.7 KB)
- Temple Hill Primary Academy (PDF, 336.8 KB)
- Thistle Hill Academy (PDF, 399.0 KB)
- Tiger Primary School (PDF, 507.3 KB)
- Tree Tops Primary Academy (PDF, 194.2 KB)
- Tunstall Church of England Primary School (PDF, 231.7 KB)
- Tymberwood Primary Academy (PDF, 155.6 KB)
- Vale View Primary School (PDF, 221.7 KB)
- Valley Invicta Primary School - Aylesford Primary School (PDF, 152.9 KB)
- Valley Invicta Primary School - East Borough Primary School (PDF, 122.5 KB)
- Valley Invicta Primary School - Holborough Lakes (PDF, 145.6 KB)
- Valley Invicta Primary School - Kings Hill (PDF, 142.4 KB)
- Valley Invicta Primary School - Leybourne Chase (PDF, 147.9 KB)
- Warden House Primary School (PDF, 154.1 KB)
- Wateringbury Church of England Primary School (PDF, 254.5 KB)
- Wells Free School (PDF, 108.8 KB)
- Wentworth Primary School (PDF, 219.7 KB)
- West Hill Primary Academy (PDF, 307.2 KB)
- West Malling Church of England Primary School (PDF, 168.8 KB)
- Westcourt Primary School (PDF, 336.5 KB)
- Westgate Primary School (PDF, 1.7 MB)
- Westlands Primary School (PDF, 201.2 KB)
- Whitehill Primary School (PDF, 152.3 KB)
- Whitstable and Seasalter Endowed Church of England Junior School (PDF, 875.4 KB)
- Whitstable Junior School (PDF, 324.4 KB)
- Wilmington Primary School (PDF, 135.0 KB)
- Wincheap Foundation Primary School (PDF, 539.5 KB)
- Wittersham Church of England Primary School (PDF, 149.2 KB)
- Wrotham Road Primary School (PDF, 145.2 KB)