Palmarsh Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Hythe, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.17 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Palmarsh Primary School is a primary school in Hythe, Kent for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 2 April 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Palmarsh 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 | 0.17 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
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.17 miles away, the 4th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance.
- The Reception last distance swung sharply between some years; in 2026 it was nearer than in 2025 and about the same as in 2023.
- Reception 2026 had 39 first-choice applications for 20 offers; 20 offers went to first-choice families, and 19 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- St George's Place, Hythe, CT21 6NE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 204 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 2 April 2025
Strengths
- “The school’s inclusive culture runs through every word and action.”
- “Pupils are happy at school and are confident that they will be accepted by staff and peers alike.”
- “Pupils share consistently warm and caring relationships with staff.”
To improve
- “However, for some pupils, the improvements to the wider curriculum have left some gaps in what they know.”
- “The school has a comprehensive plan for addressing this, but this is not fully established.”
- “This means that some activities do not build on pupils’ prior knowledge sufficiently well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 May 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) | 67% | 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: 39 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 20 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.
- Hythe Bay CofE Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lympne Church of England Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School 1.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Saltwood CofE Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Seabrook Church of England Primary School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Dymchurch Primary School 3.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sellindge Primary School 3.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Folkestone, St Martin's Church of England Primary School 3.6 mi Not judged Last distance published