Folkestone St. Mary's Church of England Primary Academy, Folkestone

Overview

Folkestone St. Mary's Church of England Primary Academy is a state-funded school (academy converter) in Folkestone, South East, for pupils aged 2–11. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.

School details

Official establishment type: Academy converter
Establishment group: Academies
Phase of education: Primary
Age range: Ages 2–11
Gender of entry: Mixed
Boarding: No boarders
Sixth form: No
Religious character: Church of England
School capacity: 420
Pupils on roll: 406
URN: 139310

Admissions

Local authority: Kent
Academy trust or group: FOLKESTONE ST MARY'S CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY ACADEMY

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School places

DfE school capacity survey · May 2025 (2024/25)

Capacity at survey date: 420
Pupils on roll: 361
Unfilled places at survey date: 59

A dated snapshot from the Department for Education school capacity survey, separate from the school details above. Unfilled places at the survey date do not mean places are currently available for admission. About this data

Official admissions data

Applications & demand

Preferences expressed by families through coordinated admissions, shown over time.

2026/27 admissions · Reception

First preferences: 34
Total preferences: 73
Offers made: 34

First preferences compared with offers

1 first preferences per offer

34 first preferences and 34 offers were recorded for 2026/27.

What does this mean?

This is the Department for Education's own published comparison of first preferences with total offers recorded. It indicates the level of requests made through coordinated admissions. Offers are not necessarily the school's maximum capacity, admissions arrangements vary between local authorities, the figure is not a measure of school quality, and it should not be used on its own to judge the likelihood of gaining a place.

First preferences over time

Latest five available admissions years. Missing years are not estimated.

Admissions history

Admissions year	First preferences	Total preferences	Offers made
2026/27	34	73	34
2025/26	54	90	55
2024/25	41	96	46
2023/24	47	107	47
2022/23	43	74	44

Source: Department for Education · Applications and offers data.

Official performance data

School performance

Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.

Primary

2024/25 results

Reading, writing & maths — meeting the expected standard
School
59%
England
62%
Pupils included: 58
Reading, writing & maths — achieving a higher standard
School
5%
England
8%
Pupils included: 58

Source: Department for Education · School performance data.

Official inspection data

Ofsted inspections

Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.

Ofsted report card

Inspected 18 November 2025 · Published 21 January 2026

Renewed education inspection framework

Safeguarding standards: Met
Inclusion: Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
Achievement: Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard
Early years (where applicable): Expected standard
Post-16 provision (where applicable): Not applicable
Leadership and governance: Expected standard

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Other recent inspection activity

These visits do not carry a graded judgement and do not replace the inspection above.

Ungraded inspection
Inspected 20 October 2021 · Published 5 December 2021
Outcome: School remains Good

Ofsted changed how it inspects and reports on schools in November 2025. Judgements from the previous and current frameworks use different systems and should not be directly compared.

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Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school

Location

Address: Warren Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 6QH
Local authority: Kent
Area: Schools in Folkestone and Hythe

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