Northdown Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Margate, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.521 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Northdown Primary School is a primary school in Margate, Kent for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 23 November 2021. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Northdown 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 | 1.521 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, 52% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 2% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The last Reception 2026 offer went to a child 1.521 miles away, 156th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- Reception 2026 had 23 first-choice applications for 25 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 70.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, with 14.4 pupils per teacher; across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent the middle figures are 49.1% and 21.4.
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
- Tenterden Way, Margate, CT9 3RE
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 302 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 70.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 23 November 2021
Strengths
- “Pupils describe Northdown Primary School as, ‘fun’, ‘happy’ and ‘calm’.”
- “They feel safe and well cared for.”
- “Pupils appreciate and remember the school’s values of harmony, curiosity, courage, determination, and aspiration.”
To improve
- “In some other subjects, such as history and religious education, teaching is not quite as effective.”
- “In these subjects, teachers’ explanation of learning sometimes lacks clarity.”
- “Consequently, pupils do not always develop a deep understanding of key knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 January 2022 (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) | 52% | 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: 23 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 23 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.
- Cliftonville Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Drapers Mills Primary Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Palm Bay Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Callis Grange Nursery and Infant School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Margate, Holy Trinity and St John's Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Peter-in-Thanet CofE Junior School 1.1 mi Outstanding
- Salmestone Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Margate 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published