Palace Wood Primary School

Community schoolPrimaryAges 4–11Mixed

Ash Grove, Allington, Maidstone, ME16 0AB

Headteacher · Mrs Clare Cairns

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 1 July 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils417Capacity 420

OfstedSchool remains GoodInspected 15 September 2022

Free school meals15.8%

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 15 September 2022.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Reception applications close 15 January 2027

For September 2027. Apply through Kent council, not the school. National offer day is 16 April 2027.

55 of the 57 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered60

Applications146

First choice57

First-choice offers55

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).