Dover, St Mary's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Dover, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.74 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Dover, St Mary's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Dover, Kent for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 July 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Dover, St Mary's Church of England 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 | 1.74 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
- 35% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- In Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 1.74 miles away, the 183rd shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- Reception 2026 had 16 first-choice applications for 20 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 60.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 44.2% 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
- Laureston Place, Dover, CT16 1QX
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 161 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 60.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 July 2025
Strengths
- “This school serves its local community with a deeply caring and welcoming ethos.”
- “Pupils proudly demonstrate the values of peace, friendship, respect, trust and perseverance across school life.”
- “They celebrate diversity and say, 'We are all different and that's okay'.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils struggle to produce highquality written work.”
- “Handwriting and presentation skills are not always strong enough to enable pupils to present their knowledge clearly.”
- “The school’s support for this aspect of pupils’ learning needs further refining.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 September 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) | 35% | 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: 16 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 16 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.
- St Richard's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Charlton Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Barton Junior School 0.8 mi School remains Good
- Priory Fields School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Guston Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Vale View Community School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Shatterlocks Infant and Nursery School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Martin's School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published