Folkestone & Hythe Primary Schools

Updated October 2019

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 good website to provide a host of factual data about individual Kent schools here.

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 2018 - Jul 2019
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
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
Martello Primary**	Requires Improvement	May 18	1st Inspection
St Eanswythe's CofE	Good	May 18	No change
Stella Maris Catholic	Good	Oct 17	No change

*Dymchurch Primary School was in Special Measures (see below) in 2010, improved rapidly to Good next year, became part of Village Academy Trust in 2015 and has now declined to Requires Improvement, the Report being critical of the Trust. How sad.

** Martello Primary (full title of school!) started off life in 2015 as part of the appalling Lilac Sky Academy Trust. which closed having ruined several schools and mislaying millions of pounds on the way. It then had the misfortune to be taken over by the controversial Turner Schools Trust, whose first Executive Head had never been a teacher, and the school became even more chaotic.

SHEPWAY PRIMARY SCHOOL OFSTED REPORTS 2016-17
School	OFSTED Grade	Date	Change
Lympne CofE Primary	Good	Oct 16	No change
Folkestone, St Mary's CofE Primary Academy	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
School	OFSTED Grade	Date	Change
Brenzett	Special Measures	Nov 15	Down One
Brenzett	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	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
School	OFSTED Grade	Date	Change

Churchill	Reasonable Progress to remove SW		Nov 14
Churchill	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		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
St Nicholas CofE (New Romney)	Reasonable Progress to Remove SW		Jun 15

SHEPWAY PRIMARY SCHOOLS OFSTED REPORTS 2013-14
School	OFSTED Grade	Date	Change
Castle Hill Community	Good	Mar 14	Up one
Churchill, Hawkinge	Serious Weaknesses	Nov 13	Down two
Churchill, Hawkinge	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
Morehall	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