St Margaret's-at-Cliffe Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Dover, Kent
St Margaret's-at-Cliffe Primary School is a primary school in Dover, Kent for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 21 January 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Sea Street, St Margaret's-At-Cliffe, Dover, CT15 6SS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 171 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 21 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and settled in this friendly village school.”
- “Warm relationships between pupils and adults are built on care and respect.”
- “Pupils talk confidently about feeling supported and safe.”
To improve
- “This is because in some subjects there needs to be clearer links between what pupils learn and how teachers check they have learned it.”
- “In some subjects, the curriculum is not supporting pupils to make links between current and prior learning.”
- “The way that staff check what pupils remember is not yet systematic.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 March 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) | 52% | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 17 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Reception 2026, as Kent published it, drawn on the map
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Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kent.
- Langdon Primary School 2.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Kingsdown and Ringwould Church of England Primary School 2.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Guston Church of England Primary School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dover, St Mary's Church of England Primary School 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Richard's Catholic Primary School 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Charlton Church of England Primary School 3.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Barton Junior School 3.3 mi School remains Good
- Green Park Community Primary School 3.4 mi School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published