Castle Hill Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Folkestone, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.025 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Castle Hill Community Primary School is a primary school in Folkestone, Kent for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 6 March 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Castle Hill Community 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 | 2.025 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
- 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.
- The last Reception place for 2026 went to a child living 2.025 miles away, further from the school than in 2025; that was the biggest move between published years.
- Reception 2026 drew 45 first-choice applications for 47 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
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
- Sidney Street, Folkestone, CT19 6HG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 395 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 53.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 6 March 2024
Strengths
- “This school is at the heart of its community.”
- “Strong relationships based on mutual respect are evident between staff and pupils.”
- “These relationships help pupils to feel safe and secure.”
To improve
- “Outcomes in mathematics last year were below the national average.”
- “Currently, there is variation in how well staff implement this new curriculum.”
- “In the early years staff understand children’s needs well but do not always use every opportunity to deepen children’s knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 May 2024 (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: 45 first-preference applications, 47 offers in total, 45 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.
- Mundella Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Martello Primary 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Folkestone St. Mary's Church of England Primary Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Folkestone, St Peter's Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Stella Maris Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Christ Church Cep Academy, Folkestone 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Eanswythe's Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Folkestone Primary 0.8 mi Good Last distance published