St Eanswythe's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Folkestone, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
54.474 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Eanswythe's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Folkestone, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 2 April 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
St Eanswythe's Church of England 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 | 54.474 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
- For Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 54.474 miles away, the 4th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- Reception distances swung most sharply from 2025 to 2026, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 saw 22 first-choice applications for 25 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 68% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Church Street, Folkestone, CT20 1SE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 215 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 2 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive in this welcoming school.”
- “They are happy, and they feel safe.”
- “Staff show compassion and care to help pupils when needed.”
To improve
- “However, the quality of writing produced by some pupils is not as high as it could be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 May 2025 (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) | 68% | 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: 22 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 22 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.
- Folkestone, St Peter's Church of England Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Christ Church Cep Academy, Folkestone 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Mundella Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Folkestone St. Mary's Church of England Primary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stella Maris Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Castle Hill Community Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Martello Primary 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Folkestone Primary 1.1 mi Good Last distance published