Primary school

Folkestone Primary

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 2–11
  • Mixed
  • Unknown
  • Kent
  • CT19 5FP
Ofsted Good · inspected Jun 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 7,737 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 52%

Top % in England, by year
2022/23: top 59%59%2023/24: top 34%34% · 2023/242024/25: top 52%

Against South East

Expected standard, RWM64% · South East 64%5/10 Middle
Higher standard, RWM2% · South East 7%2/10 Well below South East
Reading score106 · South East 1065/10 Middle
Maths score104 · South East 1054/10 Below
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Expected standard, RWM
2022/23: 58% · 67 pupils · South East 61%2023/24: 69% · 65 pupils · South East 62%2024/25: 64% · 59 pupils · South East 64%69%58%
Higher standard, RWM
2022/23: 6% · 67 pupils · South East 7%2023/24: 8% · 65 pupils · South East 7%2024/25: 2% · 59 pupils · South East 7%8%2%
Reading score
2022/23: 104 · 67 pupils · South East 1062023/24: 106 · 65 pupils · South East 1062024/25: 106 · 59 pupils · South East 106106104
Maths score
2022/23: 102 · 67 pupils · South East 1042023/24: 106 · 65 pupils · South East 1042024/25: 104 · 59 pupils · South East 105106102

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
44 of 44 who put it first2021 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st4444
2nd322
3rd280

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2023

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026460
Free school meals (past 6 years)30.6%
First language not English15.6%
SEN support14.7%
EHC plan1.4%
Absence (sessions missed)4.4%
Persistently absent pupils10.5%

Girls 53%Boys 47%

102.2% full · 450 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher27.4
Pupils per adult12.5
  • Classroom teachers 14.8
  • Leadership 2
  • Teaching assistants 15.3
  • Other support 8.8

Teachers 16.8 FTE · Whole workforce 40.9 · 51 people

Financials

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