What did Ofsted judge St Botolph's Church of England Primary School's overall effectiveness to be?

Ofsted judged St Botolph's Church of England Primary School's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in September 2017 (last graded inspection), and an ungraded inspection in March 2023 confirmed it, on Ofsted's own scale.

How many pupils attend St Botolph's Church of England Primary School?

St Botolph's Church of England Primary School has 422 pupils on roll.

What ages does St Botolph's Church of England Primary School take?

St Botolph's Church of England Primary School admits pupils aged 4 to 11.

Where is St Botolph's Church of England Primary School located?

St Botolph's Church of England Primary School is located in Gravesend, DA11 9PL, Kent.

How do I apply to St Botolph's Church of England Primary School?

St Botolph's Church of England 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.

Does St Botolph's Church of England Primary School have a religious character?

Yes — St Botolph's Church of England Primary School has a religious character of Church of England. Faith criteria may apply to admissions; check the school's oversubscription policy for details.

How close do you need to live to get into St Botolph's Church of England Primary School?

On offer day for 2026-27 (Reception), the furthest place offered at St Botolph's Church of England Primary School was 0.9 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 St Botolph's Church of England Primary School?

When St Botolph's Church of England 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' or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangements, or special guardianship order, including 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 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); 2. Siblings/Current Family Association — Children who have a brother, sister or step or half siblings, including fostered and adopted siblings living at the same home address attending St Botolph’s C of E Primary School at the time of admission. The school reserves the right to ask for proof of relationship; 3. Church attendance in Parish — Children whose parents/carers are regular worshipping members of the congregation of St Botolph’s Church, Northfleet and/or St Mark’s Church, Rosherville (this would be monthly attendance for a period of at least one year) and who have been on the Church Electoral Roll for a period of at least one year, or who have written support from the Church priest/minister or religious leader and at least one church warden, and 3 further criteria. The school offers 60 places at this entry point. Tie-break: If any category is oversubscribed, applicants will be ranked according to nearness of their home to the school. If in the event that more than one applicant has the same distance from home to school (as measured by the Local Authority), then a random selection will be applied. Since a block of flats has a single address point of reference, applicants living in the same block will be regarded as living the same distance away from the school. 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 school, the names will be issued a number and drawn randomly to decide which child should be given the place.

What is the largest ethnic background at St Botolph's Church of England Primary School?

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 41.2% of pupils at St Botolph's Church of England Primary School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

St Botolph's Church of England Primary School

How close did you need to live?

0.9miles

was the furthest place offered on offer day for 2026-27 (Reception). That is how far the last place reached in ONE year — not a boundary, and not a guarantee. It moves with the number of applicants, so treat it as a guide rather than a line on a map.

Last distance offered at St Botolph's Church of England Primary School, year by year →

How places are decided at St Botolph's Church of England Primary School

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Reception), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Children in Local Authority Care or Previously in Local Authority Care — A 'looked after child' or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangements, or special guardianship order, including 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 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).
2Siblings/Current Family Association — Children who have a brother, sister or step or half siblings, including fostered and adopted siblings living at the same home address attending St Botolph’s C of E Primary School at the time of admission. The school reserves the right to ask for proof of relationship.
3Church attendance in Parish — Children whose parents/carers are regular worshipping members of the congregation of St Botolph’s Church, Northfleet and/or St Mark’s Church, Rosherville (this would be monthly attendance for a period of at least one year) and who have been on the Church Electoral Roll for a period of at least one year, or who have written support from the Church priest/minister or religious leader and at least one church warden.
4Church attendance — Children whose parents/carers live within a one-mile radius of St Botolph’s C of E Primary School (as measured by the Local Authority), who are regular worshipping members of churches which are members of Churches Together in Gravesham or are regular worshipping members of other faith communities in the borough of Gravesham. This would be monthly attendance for a period of at least one year. The appropriate priest/minister or religious leader will be required to confirm this on the Supplementary Information Form at the time of application.
5Children of permanent, contracted staff — a. where the member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made, b. and/or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post in the school for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage for the requirements of the post.
6All other applicants — We use the distance between the child’s permanent home address (defined in KCC’s annual admissions prospectus) and the school, measured in a straight line using the National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG) address point.

If two applications tie: If any category is oversubscribed, applicants will be ranked according to nearness of their home to the school. If in the event that more than one applicant has the same distance from home to school (as measured by the Local Authority), then a random selection will be applied. Since a block of flats has a single address point of reference, applicants living in the same block will be regarded as living the same distance away from the school. 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 school, the names will be issued a number and drawn randomly to decide which child should be given the place.

Children with a statement of special educational need or Education (SSEN), Health and Care Plan (EHCP) which names the school will be admitted first; the published admissions number will be reduced accordingly. This is noted in the document but not numbered as part of the ordered criteria list.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.