Mundella Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Folkestone, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.856 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Mundella Primary School is a primary school in Folkestone, Kent for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 22 May 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Mundella 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 | 0.856 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 2024/25, 56% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
- In 2026 the last Reception place offered went to a child 0.856 miles away, 93rd shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- Reception 2026 drew 19 first-choice applications for 19 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility is 60.3%, 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
- Black Bull Road, Folkestone, CT19 5QX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 184 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 60.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 22 May 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this school, where there is a very calm and nurturing ethos.”
- “There is an inclusive, positive culture that supports all pupils well, including those who may face challenges in their lives.”
- “Trusting and warm relationships with caring staff mean that pupils feel safe and happy in school.”
To improve
- “Sometimes, the checks on pupils’ understanding are not as effective as they could be.”
- “Occasionally, pupils are not supported as well as they could be to remember what they have learned in the past.”
- “The school has rightly identified that these aspects of learning could be more effective in order to ensure that all pupils are consistently achieving as well as they can.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 June 2024 (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) | 56% | 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: 19 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 19 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.
- Castle Hill Community Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Stella Maris Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Christ Church Cep Academy, Folkestone 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Folkestone Primary 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Folkestone, St Peter's Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Eanswythe's Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Folkestone St. Mary's Church of England Primary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Martello Primary 0.7 mi Good Last distance published