Salmestone Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Margate, Kent
Salmestone Primary School is a primary school in Margate, Kent for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 16 October 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- College Road, Margate, CT9 4DB
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 216 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 50.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 16 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school and see it as a close, family community.”
- “Staff work hard here to support pupils and their families.”
- “The pastoral care is strong, though does not come at the expense of high aspirations for pupils to achieve academically.”
To improve
- “However, there is some inconsistency across the school in how staff design and adapt learning tasks for pupils.”
- “This means that, on occasion, chances to move learning on are missed, or pupils are not as fully engaged in learning as they might be.”
- “Despite this being a happy place, rates of absence are too high.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 November 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) | 66% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 26 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.
- St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Margate 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Margate, Holy Trinity and St John's Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Drapers Mills Primary Academy 0.5 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Garlinge Primary School and Nursery 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Cliftonville Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Northdown Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Palm Bay Primary School 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Crispin's Infant School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published