Updated May 2020
Coronavirus; There are a number of articles on this site exploring the implications of the pandemic on school applications and appeals. You will find them by putting 'Coronavirus' in the search engine on the top left hand corner of this page. This page contains outcomes of Ofsted Inspections carried out up until 4th February 2020, the last ones published before schools were closed. I estimate about another 10 will have been completed but results are waiting until schools are opened, which may not be until September. I think it most unlikely there will be any more this school year.
Entries on this page include the OFSTED Grade for each Primary School updated twice a year, also recording change from previous Inspection result, together with some other relevant information below. It is worth using the search engine on the Home Page to pick up other references to individual schools.
You will find advice on Primary school Admissions and Appeals here.
You can read the full Report on each Primary School at OFSTED. Each school is awarded a main Grade: Outstanding, Good, Requires Improvement (previously Satisfactory), and Inadequate (two sub categories - A school that has serious weaknesses is inadequate overall and requires significant improvement but leadership and management are judged to be Grade 3 or better - A school that requires special measures is one where the school is failing to give its pupils an acceptable standard of education and the school’s leaders, managers or governors have not demonstrated that they have the capacity to secure the necessary improvement in the school). Each Report carries a brief description of the school before justifying its decision in more detail. If a school is in Special Measures or Serious Weaknesses, the results of further monitoring visits are noted.
A majority of the schools that have previously had a 'Good' or 'Outstanding' assessment are given a Short Inspection (known as Section 8). These are indicated by 'Good (S). These will be confirmed in their assessment grade. However for some of these schools, the Inspection Team may consider that there are concerns, or in the case of a Good school, grounds for raising the Grade and this can only be done by a full Section Five Grade. These are recorded for example as 'Outstanding (SC) or 'Good (SR).
You will find an analysis of oversubscription and vacancies for Folkestone & Hythe (and Romney Marsh) Primary Places for September 2019 allocations here, for 2018 here, for 2017 here, and for 2016 here.
You will find a commercial site providing a comprehensive analysis of different 11 Plus exams, preparation and appeals at 11 Plus Exams.
Reports on Inspections between between September 2018 and July 2019 are in the first table, followed by other tables containing older ones.
(A) Indicates the school is an Academy (2017 onward)
FOLKESTONE & HYTHE
PRIMARY SCHOOL OFSTED REPORTS Sep 2019 - Feb 2020
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School |
OFSTED Grade |
Date | Change |
Cheriton | Good (S) | Oct 19 | No change |
Morehall (A) | Good | Oct 19 | Up one |
Palmarsh | Good (S) | Oct 19 | No change |
FOLKESTONE & HYTHE
PRIMARY SCHOOL OFSTED REPORTS Sep 2018 - Jul 2019
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School |
OFSTED Grade |
Date | Change |
Christ Church CEP (A) | Good (SR) | Jun 19 | No change |
Churchill | Good (S) | May 19 | No change |
Folkestone St Peters CEP | Good (S) | Jun 19 | No change |
Hawkinge | Outstanding | Jun 19 | up one |
St Augustine's Catholic | Good (S) | Sep 18 | No change |
St Eanswythe's CofE* (A) | Outstanding | Mar 19 | Up one |
St Nicholas CofE** (A) | Good | May 19 | Up two |
* St Eanswythe's CofE Primary School was found Outstanding after a Short Inspection in 2018 recommended a return.
** St Nicholas CofE Primary School, New Romney, went from Requires Significant Improvement to Good following academisation under the Diocese of Canterbury Academies Trust (Aquila)
SHEPWAY
PRIMARY SCHOOL OFSTED REPORTS 2017-18
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School |
OFSTED Grade |
Date | Change |
Brookland CofE | Good | Nov 17 | No change |
Castle Hill Community | Good | Jun 18 | No change |
Dymchurch* | Requires Improvement | Jun 18 | Down one |
Hawkinge | Good | Jun 18 | No change |
Hythe Bay CofE | Good | Dec 17 | No change |
Lydd | Good | Jun 18 | Up two |
Lyminge | Good | Jul 18 | Down one |
Martello Primary** | Special Concerns | Dec 17 | |
Requires Improvement | May 18 | 1st Inspection | |
St Eanswythe's CofE | Good | May 18 | No change |
Stella Maris Catholic | Good | Oct 17 | No change |
SHEPWAY
PRIMARY SCHOOL OFSTED REPORTS 2016-17
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School |
OFSTED Grade |
Date | Change |
Good
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Oct 16
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No change
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Good | Sept 16 | Up one | |
Mundella Primary | Good | Jun 16 | Up one |
Harcourt Primary | Good | Jan 17 | No change |
Greatstone Primary | Good | Feb 17 | No change |
Capel-Le-Ferne Primary | Good | Feb 17 | No change |
All Soul's CofE Primary | Good | Mar 17 | No change |
Stelling Minnis CofE Primary | Good | Mar 17 | No change |
SHEPWAY PRIMARY SCHOOLS
OFSTED REPORTS 2015-16
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School |
OFSTED Grade |
Date | Change |
Brenzett | Special Measures | Nov 15 | Down One |
Effective Action to Remove SM | Jun 16 | ||
Cheriton | Good | Feb 16 | no change |
Christ Church CEP Academy | Good | Oct 15 | Up one |
Palmarsh | Good | Mar 16 | Up one |
St Nicholas CofE, New Romney |
Requires Significant
Improvement
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Jan 16 | No change |
St Peter's CofE | Good | Dec 15 | Up one |
Mundella | Good | Jun 16 | Up one |
Both Lydd and Dymchurch have been taken over by The Village Academy, St Nicholas and Brenzett by the Diocese of Canterbury.
Extract from section on Shepway in article on Oversubscription and Vacancies in Kent Primary Schools 2015: "Just one of the 17 schools in Folkestone, Cheriton Primary, has vacancies, with a total of 3 spaces out of the 748 available".
SHEPWAY PRIMARY SCHOOLS
OFSTED REPORTS 2014-15
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School |
OFSTED Grade |
Date | Change |
Churchill | Reasonable Progress to remove SW | Nov 14 | |
Good | May 15 | Up two | |
St Mary's CofE Primary Academy | Requires Improvement | Sep 14 | No change |
Lydd |
Inadequate progress from SM
School & LA failing
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Sep 14 | |
St Augustine's Catholic, Hythe | Good | Mar 15 | No change |
St Martin's CofE | Outstanding | Apr 15 | Up two |
St Nicholas CofE (New Romney) | Limited Progress from SW | Sep 14 | |
Reasonable Progress to Remove SW | Jun 15 |
SHEPWAY PRIMARY SCHOOLS
OFSTED REPORTS 2013-14
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School |
OFSTED Grade |
Date | Change |
Castle Hill Community | Good | Mar 14 | Up one |
Churchill, Hawkinge | Serious Weaknesses | Nov 13 | Down two |
Progress from Serious Weaknesses | Apr 14 | ||
Mundella | Requires Improvement | Mar 14 | No change |
Palmarsh | Requires Improvement | Nov 13 | Down one |
St Eanswythe's CofE (Academy) | Good | Nov 13 | Down one |
Stella Maris Catholic | Good | Dec 13 | Up one |
September 2012 - July 2013
School |
OFSTED Grade |
Date | Change |
All Souls CofE | Good | Mar 13 | Up one |
Capel-le-Ferne | Good | Sep 12 | Up one |
Christ Church CofE Primary Academy | Requires Improvement | Jun 13 | No change |
Hythe CofE | Good | Jan 13 | Up one |
Harcourt | Good | Mar 13 | Up one |
Morehall | Satisf prog from SM | Oct 12 | |
Requires Improvement | Mar 13 | Up one from SM | |
St Martin's CofE | Requires Improvement | Mar 13 | No change |
St Peter's CofE | Requires Improvement | Jul 13 | No change |
Pre September 2012 Reports
School | Grade | Date | Further Information |
Brenzett CofE Primary | Satisfactory | Nov 2011 | |
Castle Hill Community School | Satsifactory | Mar 2012 | |
Cheriton Primary | Good | Jan 2011 | |
The Churchill | Good | Dec 2010 | |
Dymchurch Primary | Special Measures | Jan 2010 | Satisfactory Progress Sep 2010, Mar 2011. See below |
Dymchurch Primary | Good | Jul 2011 | Out of Special Measures |
Greatstone Primary | Good | May 2012 | |
Hamstreet Primary | Special Measures | Jan 2012 | |
Lydd Primary | Satisfactory | Sep 2011 | |
Lyminge Primary | Outstanding | Dec 2011 | |
Lympne CofE Primary | Good | Mar 2011 | |
Morehall Primary | Notice to Improve | Nov 2009 |
Satisfactory Progress Mar 2010, see below |
Morehall Primary, Folkestone | Special Measures | Mar 2011 |
see above. Satisfactory Progress Sep 2011, Jan 2012, May 2012 |
Palmarsh Primary | Good | Jan 2011 | |
St Eanswythe's CofE Primary | Outstanding | Jul 2010 | |
St Mary's CofE Primary | Satisfactory | Mar 2012 | |
St Nicholas CofE Primary, New Romney | Notice to Improve | Dec 2010 | see below |
St Nicholas CofE Primary, New Romney | Satisfactory | Mar 2012 | se above |
St Martin's CofE Primary | Satisfactory | Jan 2011 | |
St Peter's CofE Primary | Satisfactory | Jun 2010 | |
Seabrook CofE Primary | Outstanding | Sep 2011 | |
Selsted Primary | Satisfactory & Improving | May 2010 |