Harcourt Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 4–11 · Folkestone, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.161 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Harcourt Primary School is a primary school in Folkestone, Kent for ages 4–11 (foundation school). Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Harcourt 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 | 2.161 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 2.161 miles away, the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 15 first-choice applications for 16 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 54% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
- No pupils reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25: the figure was 0% (England 8%).
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
- Biggins Wood Road, Folkestone, CT19 4NE
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 179 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 24 February 2026
Strengths
- “Harcourt Primary School is proudly inclusive.”
- “Its happy, welcoming ethos is clear from the moment you arrive.”
- “Pupils of all ages relish school and all it has to offer.”
To improve
- “In 2025, key stage 2 outcomes in reading and mathematics dipped to below the national average.”
- “They recognise that further work is needed to ensure that developments are consistently embedded across the school.”
- “However, further work is needed to ensure that developments are in place consistently across the school.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 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) | 54% | 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: 15 first-preference applications, 16 offers in total, 15 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.
- All Soul's Church of England Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Morehall Primary School and Nursery 0.6 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Cheriton Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Folkestone, St Martin's Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sandgate Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Folkestone Primary 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Stella Maris Catholic Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Churchill School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published