Cheriton Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 4–11 · Folkestone, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.884 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Cheriton Primary School is a primary school in Folkestone, Kent for ages 4–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 March 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Cheriton Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.884 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 68% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 12% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.884 miles away, the 96th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance, and nearer than in 2024.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 63 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 58 went to first-choice families and 5 first-choice families (8%) were not offered a place.
- Of its pupils, 30.4% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 22.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Church Road, Folkestone, CT20 3EP
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 391 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 4 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils delight in attending this friendly school.”
- “They enjoy spending time with one another and show genuine care for their peers.”
- “These help them to become responsible and respectful citizens.”
To improve
- “However, questions are too often focused on a limited number of pupils.”
- “This means that not all pupils have enough opportunities to embed the vocabulary and knowledge outlined in the curriculum.”
- “However, sometimes teaching is not adapted well enough to ensure pupils with SEND achieve as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 April 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 68% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 63 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 58 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kent.
- Folkestone, St Martin's Church of England Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- All Soul's Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Harcourt Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Morehall Primary School and Nursery 0.8 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Sandgate Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Seabrook Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Folkestone Primary 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Stella Maris Catholic Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published