Folkestone Primary
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · Folkestone, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
13.74 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Folkestone Primary is a primary school in Folkestone, Kent for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 27 June 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Folkestone 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 | 13.74 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 2026 the last Reception place went to a child 13.74 miles away, 27th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 2% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 44 first-choice applications for 46 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility is 25.4% of pupils, against a middle figure of 46.7% 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
- Academy Lane, Folkestone, CT19 5FP
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 460 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 27.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 27 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Folkestone Primary love the school and feel loved by the school.”
- “A close and warm relationship between staff and pupils is present throughout.”
- “Pupils speak passionately about the wide range of clubs, trips, opportunities and events at school.”
To improve
- “In key stage 1 and 2, some aspects of the curriculum are not as well developed.”
- “In these subjects, the newness of the curriculum is reflected in a mixed quality of how well subjects are taught and how much pupils remember.”
- “The provision in English and mathematics is more secure than in foundation subjects like art and geography.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 September 2023 (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) | 64% | 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: 44 first-preference applications, 46 offers in total, 44 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.
- Stella Maris Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Mundella Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Christ Church Cep Academy, Folkestone 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Morehall Primary School and Nursery 0.8 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Castle Hill Community Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Eanswythe's Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Sandgate Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Folkestone, St Peter's Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published