Martello Primary
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Folkestone, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.331 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Martello Primary is a primary school in Folkestone, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 March 2022. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Martello Primary 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 | 2.331 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 Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 2.331 miles from the school, the 208th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance.
- 63% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent is 46.7%.
- For Reception 2026, there were 18 first-choice applications for 19 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 57% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Warren Way, Folkestone, CT19 6DT
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 146 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 63% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 March 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and confident learners in this warm and welcoming school.”
- “They speak very positively about their school and are proud to be a part of it.”
- “Staff develop warm and caring relationships with pupils.”
To improve
- “However, this is not yet the case in a few subjects, including science and art and design.”
- “More work is needed to strengthen the curriculum in these subjects to ensure that pupils are taught in sufficient depth to enable them to secure important subject knowledge.”
- “In some other subjects, teachers do not align their checks precisely to the curriculum content.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 May 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) | 57% | 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: 18 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 18 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. Mary's Church of England Primary Academy 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Castle Hill Community Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Folkestone, St Peter's Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Mundella Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Eanswythe's Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Christ Church Cep Academy, Folkestone 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Stella Maris Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Folkestone Primary 1.3 mi Good Last distance published