St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Margate
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Margate, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.335 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Margate is a primary school in Margate, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 11 February 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Margate 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 | 0.335 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
- Reading, writing and maths, 2024/25: 75% met the expected standard, highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent that have results.
- For Reception 2026 there were 43 first-choice applications for 30 offers; all 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 13 first-choice families (30%) were not offered a place.
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 0.335 miles, 16th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance, where the middle figure was 2.24 miles.
- 34.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals and there are 25 pupils per teacher; the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent have middle figures of 50.9% and 19.2.
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
- Nash Road, Margate, CT9 4BU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 284 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 11 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are polite and courteous.”
- “Corridors ring with the friendly greetings they offer each other and adults.”
- “All staff develop warm and positive relationships with pupils.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, staff’s knowledge of the curriculum is not as secure as it could be.”
- “As a result, some pupils do not learn this curriculum content accurately enough.”
- “However, some younger pupils do not write at sufficient length and their letter formation is not accurate enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 March 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) | 75% | 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: 43 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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 0.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Drapers Mills Primary Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Margate, Holy Trinity and St John's Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Garlinge Primary School and Nursery 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Northdown Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Cliftonville Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Crispin's Infant School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Palm Bay Primary School 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published