Morehall Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · Folkestone, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.59 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Morehall Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Folkestone, Kent for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Improved significantly, from the inspection on 5 February 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Morehall Primary School and Nursery 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 | 0.59 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 0.59 miles away, 59th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance; the middle was 2.24 miles.
- The Reception distance swung sharply, the biggest move being from 2025 to 2026; the 2026 figure was further than in 2025 and 2023, and the longest of the 4 years.
- Reception 2026 drew 42 first-choice applications for 30 offers; all 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 12 first-choice families (29%) were not offered a place.
- 2024/25: 75% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 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
- Morehall Primary School and Nursery, Chart Road, Folkestone, CT19 4PN
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 249 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Improved significantly Inspected 5 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are inspired by the rich opportunities, interesting activities and examples of excellence that surround them every day.”
- “They try their hardest, whether weaving willow during outside learning, solving mathematics problems together or trying their hand at squash.”
- “Expectations are extremely high throughout the school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 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: 42 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.
- All Soul's Church of England Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Harcourt Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sandgate Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Folkestone Primary 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Cheriton Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Stella Maris Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Christ Church Cep Academy, Folkestone 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Folkestone, St Martin's Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published