St George's Church of England Foundation School
All-through · Foundation school · Ages 4–19 · Broadstairs, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.497 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Year 7 2026: 0.394 mi
2023–2025 trend 🔒
St George's Church of England Foundation School is an all-through school in Broadstairs, Kent for ages 4–19 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 20 November 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception and Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
St George's Church of England Foundation 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 | 0.497 mi |
| Year 7 2026 | 0.394 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 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 0.497 miles away, nearer than in 2025 and 2023, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years.
- Reception 2026 had 82 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 59 offers went to first-choice families, and 23 first-choice families (28%) were not offered a place.
- For Year 7 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.394 miles from the school.
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
- Westwood Road, Broadstairs, CT10 2LH
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 4–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 1,590 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 20 November 2024
Strengths
- “This school ensures pupils are happy, well rounded and prepared for life ahead.”
- “Pupils are positive about the high-quality care they receive to develop their confidence and selfpride.”
- “Staff and pupils form positive relationships built on mutual respect.”
To improve
- “However, pupils’ achievement in some subjects such as mathematics and the sciences is less developed.”
- “However, in some lessons, teachers do not consistently check that pupils have fully grasped important concepts before moving on to new topics.”
- “This means the gaps in pupils’ knowledge get larger, meaning some pupils do not achieve as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 January 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) | 65% | 62% |
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 17% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 37.7 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 82 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 59 offers to first-preference applicants.
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 248 first-preference applications, 207 offers in total, 184 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 special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in Kent.
- Foreland Fields School 0.7 mi School remains Good
- Cross Keys Learning 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Wellesley Haddon Dene School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Enterprise Learning Alliance 0.9 mi Standards maintained
- Maple Tree Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Small Haven School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Laleham Gap School 1.2 mi Outstanding
- St Lawrence College 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade