St Augustine's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · Hythe, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.971 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Hythe, Kent for ages 5–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 25 June 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
St Augustine's Catholic 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 | 0.971 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, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.971 miles away, 100th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 2.24 miles.
- Reception 2026 drew 36 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 27 went to first-choice families and 9 first-choice families (25%) were not offered a place.
- Of its pupils, 14.5% are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent is 29.4%.
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
- St John's Road, Hythe, CT21 4BE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Catholic
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 179 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 25 June 2025
Strengths
- “This is a school that thrives on its sense of community, fostered by warm and supportive relationships.”
- “Here, pupils are friends across year groups.”
- “The youngest children feel strong connections to their older ‘buddies’ in Year 6, who sit with them at lunch and make sure their days are going well.”
To improve
- “However, in some lessons there is not consistently a sharp enough connection between the activities that pupils undertake and the intended learning.”
- “This means that, at times, pupils do not develop their knowledge at the rate or in the depth that the school intends.”
- “While these pre-emptive resources are effectively designed, there is not quite the same responsiveness at times when some pupils with SEND need more help in the moment.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 September 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) | 67% | 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: 36 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 27 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.
- Saltwood CofE Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Hythe Bay CofE Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Palmarsh Primary School 1.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Lympne Church of England Primary School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Seabrook Church of England Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Folkestone, St Martin's Church of England Primary School 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cheriton Primary School 2.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- All Soul's Church of England Primary School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published