Furley Park Primary Academy

How places are decided at Furley Park Primary Academy

Furley Park Primary Academy: key facts

What did Ofsted judge Furley Park Primary Academy's quality of education to be?

Ofsted judged Furley Park Primary Academy's quality of education as Good at its inspection in December 2024, on Ofsted's own scale.

How many pupils attend Furley Park Primary Academy?

Furley Park Primary Academy has 504 pupils on roll.

What ages does Furley Park Primary Academy take?

Furley Park Primary Academy admits pupils aged 4 to 11.

Where is Furley Park Primary Academy located?

Furley Park Primary Academy is located in Ashford, TN23 3PA, Kent.

How do I apply to Furley Park Primary Academy?

Furley Park Primary Academy is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.

How close do you need to live to get into Furley Park Primary Academy?

On offer day for 2026-27 (Reception), the furthest place offered at Furley Park Primary Academy was 1.768 miles from the school. That is the distance the last place reached in one year, not a boundary and not a guarantee — it moves with the number of applicants.

How are Reception places decided at Furley Park Primary Academy?

When Furley Park Primary Academy has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. 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 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; 2. Current Family Association — a brother or sister (sibling) attending the academy when the child starts. Sibling link maintained as long as family live at same address as when first child applied, or have moved closer to academy, or moved to an address less than 2 miles from the academy; 3. Children of staff at the school — Where the member of staff has been employed at the academy for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the academy is made, and/or the member of staff is recruited to a post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage, and 2 further criteria. The school offers 60 places at this entry point. Ties are settled by in the unlikely event that two or more children live in the same block and in all other ways have equal eligibility for the last available place at the academy, the names will be issued a number and drawn randomly to decide which child should be given the place. This will be independently supervised.

What is the largest ethnic background at Furley Park Primary Academy?

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 60.7% of pupils at Furley Park Primary Academy are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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