- What did Ofsted judge Loose Primary School's overall effectiveness to be?
- Ofsted judged Loose Primary School's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in June 2023, on Ofsted's own scale.
- How many pupils attend Loose Primary School?
- Loose Primary School has 662 pupils on roll.
- What ages does Loose Primary School take?
- Loose Primary School admits pupils aged 3 to 11.
- Where is Loose Primary School located?
- Loose Primary School is located in Maidstone, ME15 9UW, Kent.
- How do I apply to Loose Primary School?
- Loose Primary School 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 far from Loose Primary School were places offered?
- The furthest place offered at Loose Primary School for 2026-27 (Reception) was 5.804 miles from the school. The council's figures don't show whether anyone was refused, so it may not have been a cut-off.
- How are Reception places decided at Loose Primary School?
- When Loose Primary School has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Children in Local Authority Care or Previously in Local Authority Care — 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; 2. Sibling attending the school — Where the child has a sibling attending the school at the time of entry. In this context a sibling is a brother or sister who live as brother or sister in the same house, including natural brothers and sisters, adopted siblings, stepbrothers or sister and foster brothers and sisters. The sibling link is maintained as long as the family lives at the same address as when the first child applied, or has moved closer to the school than when the first child was offered a place, or has moved to an address that is less than 2 miles from the school using distance measured by the method outlined in the distance criterion; 3. Medical/health or social grounds — Where there are medical/health or social grounds for admitting the child. Priority will be given to those children whose mental or physical impairment means they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend only Loose Primary School. Equally this priority will apply to children whose parents'/guardians' physical or mental health or social needs means that they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend only Loose Primary School. Such claims will need to be supported by written evidence from a suitably qualified medical or other practitioner who can demonstrate a special connection between these needs and Loose Primary School, and 2 further criteria. The school offers 90 places at this entry point. Tie-break: In the unlikely event of a tie breaker situation the nearness of an applicant's home to school will be the decider. If more than one applicant has the same distance from home to school, then a random selection will be applied, independently supervised.
- What is the largest ethnic background at Loose Primary School?
- According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 80.1% of pupils at Loose Primary School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.