St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Ramsgate, Kent
St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Ramsgate, Kent for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 8 May 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School, Dane Park Road, Ramsgate, CT11 7LS
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 205 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 40.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 8 May 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils love, and feel loved by, the school.”
- “Pupils speak passionately about the wide range of opportunities available to them.”
- “The school works well with parents and community leaders.”
To improve
- “However, for some pupils, the changes to the wider curriculum have left some gaps in what they know from previous years.”
- “The school has a comprehensive plan for addressing this, but this is not fully implemented.”
- “This means that pupils struggle to make meaningful connections between their current topics and what they learned in previous years.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 June 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) | 70% | 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: 33 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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.
- Newlands Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ramsgate, Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Priory Infant School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ellington Infant School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Laurence In Thanet Church of England Junior Academy 1.0 mi Good
- Christ Church Church of England Junior School, Ramsgate 1.0 mi School remains Good
- Ramsgate Arts Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published