Drapers Mills Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · Margate, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.83 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Drapers Mills Primary Academy is a primary school in Margate, Kent for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 1 November 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Drapers Mills 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 | 0.83 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, 51% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.83 miles away, the 87th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- Reception 2026 drew 16 first-choice applications for 22 offers, 0.7 first choices per offer, the 25th lowest of 426 Kent primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 76.4% of pupils were eligible for free school meals, with 27.3 pupils per teacher, against middle figures of 49.1% and 19.6 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
- St Peter's Footpath, Margate, CT9 2SP
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 246 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 76.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 27.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Inspected 1 November 2023
Strengths
- “Drapers Mills Primary Academy is a friendly and welcoming inclusive school.”
- “The school's motto to, ‘inspire minds and shape futures’, is at the heart of this nurturing school where every pupil matters.”
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
To improve
- “However, variability in teaching and the delivery of the curriculum means that some pupils, including those that are disadvantaged, do not learn foundational skills well enough.”
- “As a result, gaps in their learning remain and they do not achieve as well as they could.”
- “However, more work is needed as too many pupils continue to miss school too often.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 September 2026 (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) | 51% | 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: 16 first-preference applications, 22 offers in total, 16 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.
- Salmestone Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Margate, Holy Trinity and St John's Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Northdown Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Margate 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cliftonville Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Palm Bay Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Garlinge Primary School and Nursery 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Callis Grange Nursery and Infant School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published