Sandgate Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Folkestone, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.646 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Sandgate Primary School is a primary school in Folkestone, Kent for ages 4–11 (community school). Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Sandgate 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 | 0.646 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 0.646 miles away, nearer than in 2025 and 2023, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years.
- That Reception 2026 distance of 0.646 miles was the 69th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance, where the middle figure was 2.24 miles.
- Reception 2026 had 63 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 55 offers went to first-choice families, and 8 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd 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
- Coolinge Lane, Folkestone, CT20 3QU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 419 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 24 February 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils experience a strong sense of belonging at this welcoming and inclusive school.”
- “Pupils build positive, trusting relationships with staff.”
- “They know who to turn to for support if they need it.”
To improve
- “Leaders and governors should sustain the effectiveness of their work and continue to refine and embed their identified priorities for improvement, overcoming barriers and challenges, in order to drive a transformational impact for all pupils.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 April 2026 (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) | 75% | 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, 55 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.
- Morehall Primary School and Nursery 0.6 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- All Soul's Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Cheriton Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Stella Maris Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Christ Church Cep Academy, Folkestone 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Harcourt Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Folkestone Primary 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Folkestone, St Martin's Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published