Dame Janet Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Ramsgate, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.495 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Dame Janet Primary Academy is a primary school in Ramsgate, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 13 March 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Dame Janet Primary Academy 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 | 2.495 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, 72% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 2% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 the last place went to a child living 2.495 miles away, 195th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 34 first-choice applications for 39 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 59.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 51.6% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
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
- Newington Road, Ramsgate, CT12 6QY
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 291 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 59.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 13 March 2024
Strengths
- “The school values of determination, joy, pride and achievement thread through all aspects of pupils' school day.”
- “Pupils from all backgrounds, including those who are most disadvantaged are well known.”
- “There is great emphasis towards their care and their emotional well-being is a high priority.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, the curriculum is newer, and the teaching of it is not as consistent as it could be.”
- “During lessons, the most important knowledge that pupils should learn and remember is not always focused on clearly.”
- “Checks are not always being made to ensure pupils have secured the intended learning.”
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) | 72% | 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: 34 first-preference applications, 39 offers in total, 34 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.
- Ramsgate Arts Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Newington Community Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Laurence In Thanet Church of England Junior Academy 0.7 mi Good
- Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ellington Infant School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Newlands Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Priory Infant School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published