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  Thanet Primary Places for September 2019 Allocations here, 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 onwards) 

THANET PRIMARY SCHOOLS OFSTED REPORTS Sep 2019 - Feb 2020
School	OFSTED Grade	Date	Change
Birchington CofE	Good(S)	Sep 19	No change
St Crispin/s Infant	Good (S)	Sep 19	No change
St Gregory(S)	Good	Sep 19	No change
St  Nicholas at Wade	Good	Oct 19	Down one

THANET PRIMARY SCHOOLS OFSTED REPORTS Sep 18 - Jul 19
School	OFSTED Grade	Date	Change
Bromstone, Broadstairs	Good	Mar 19	No change
Chilton, Ramsgate(A)	Outstanding	Jan 19	Up one
Dame Janet, Ramsgate (A)	Good	Oct 18	Up one
Monkton CofE, Margate *	Good	Sep 18	Down one
Salmestone, Margate (A)	Good	Jan 19	Up one
St Ethelbert's Catholic, Ramsgate	Good (S)	Jun 19	No change
St George's CofE, Broadstairs**	Good	Jun 19	No change
St Peter in Thanet CofE Junior, Broadstairs	Good (SR)	May 19	No change

THANET PRIMARY SCHOOL OFSTED REPORTS 2016-17
School	OFSTED Grade	Date	Change
Chilton, Ramsgate(A)	Good	Mar 18	No change
Drapers Mills, Margate (A)	Good	Mar 18	Up one
Garlinge, Margate	Good	Mar 18	No change
Holy Trinity & St John's CofE, Margate	Good	Nov 17	No change
Minster CofE	Good	Nov 17	No change
Northdown, Margate (A)	Requires Improvement	Nov 17	No change
Priory Infant, Ramsgate	Good	Feb 18	No change
Ramsgate Arts (F)	Good	May 18	1st Inspect
St Laurence in Thanet CofE Junior Academy (A), Ramsgate	Good	Jun 18	No change
St Saviour's CofE Junior, Westgate	Good	Mar 18	No change

 

THANET PRIMARY SCHOOL OFSTED REPORTS 2016-17
School	OFSTED Grade	Date	Change
Christ Church CofE Junior,  Ramsgate	Good	Oct 16	Up one
Salmestone, Margate	Requires Improvement	July 16	No change
Cliftonville , Margate	Outstanding	Nov 16	Up two
St Joseph's Catholic, Broadstairs	Good	Feb 17	No change
Ellington Infant	Good	Feb 17	Up one
Newington Community, Ramsgate	Outstanding	Mar 17	Up one
Newlands, Ramsgate	Good	May 17	Up one
St Gregory's Catholic, Margate	Requires Improvement	May 17	No change

 

THANET PRIMARY SCHOOL OFSTED REPORTS 2015-16
School	OFSTED Grade	Date	Change
Birchington CofE	Good	Jan 16	Up one
Dame Janet (A), Ramsgate	Requires Improvement	May 16	Up one
Drapers Mills (A) Margate	Effective Action to remove SM		Sep 15
	Requires Improvement	Jan 16	Up one
St Crispin's, Westgate	Good	Jan 16	No change
St Laurence in Thanet Junior (A), Broadstairs	Requires Improvement	May 16	No change
St Mildred's Infant, Broadstairs	Outstanding	Jan 16	Up one

You will find an article referring to Drapers Mills here. 

Extract from Thanet Section of article about Oversubscription and Vacancies in Kent Primary Schools in 2015: "Just threeschools at the north or Margate end of Thanet have vacancies, Garlinge, which appears to have few problems, with 34, and two schools disastrously run by Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT), Drapers Mills with 43 and Salmestone with four. All the other eight schools are turning away first choices".

THANET PRIMARY SCHOOL OFSTED REPORTS 2014-15
School	OFSTED Grade	Date	Change
Bromstone, Broadstairs	Good	Mar 15	Up one
Drapers Mills Primary Academy, Margate	Proprietor's Statement not fit for purpose Academy Action Plan not fit for purpose		Oct 14
	Reasonable progress to removing SM		Mar 15
Palm Bay, Cliftonville	Good	Oct 14	No change
St Ethelbert's RC, Ramsgate	Good	Jul 15	No change
Upton Junior, Broadstairs	Outstanding	Nov 14	Up one

Information from Oversubscription Survey of Kent primary schools, for entry September 2014.

Thanet has also been a pressure point for years with parents trying to avoid a number of low performing or OFSTED failed schools. The polarisation of choice is very sharp here, with Priory Infants turning away 42 first choices, followed by Palm Bay and St Crispin’s Infants (35) and Holy Trinity and St John’s CofE (25) and Callis Grange Infants, also 25. Just four schools have all 112 vacancies between them, Bromstone, Dame Janet Academy, Drapers Mill and Garlinge. These four schools also have the large majority of the 94 Local Authority Allocations.

THANET PRIMARY SCHOOL OFSTED REPORTS 2013-14
School	OFSTED Grade	Date	Change
Birchington CofE	Requires Improvement	Sep 13	No change
Garlinge, Margate	Good	Jun 14	Up one
Dame Janet Primary Academy	Requires Improvement	Feb 14	1st academy insp
Drapers Mills Primary Academy	Special Measures	Jun 14	Down one
Newlands  (see below)	After SW school improvement plan fit for purpose  sponsor statement of action fit for purpose		Nov 13
	reasonable progress towards removal of SW		Jun 14
Northdown, Margate  (see below)	Good	Jun 14	Up one
Priory Infants, Ramsgate	Good	Feb 14	No change
Salmestone, Margate (see below)	Requires Improvement	Jun 14	No change
St Joseph's Catholic, Broadstairs	Good	Sep 13	No change
St Saviours CofE Junior, Westgate	Good	Mar 14	No change

 Critical OFSTED Report on TKAT, the Academy Trust responsible for: Dame Janet; Drapers Mills; Newlands; Northdown; Salmestone published July

School	OFSTED Grade	Date	Change
Bromstone, Broadstairs	Requires Improvement	Mar 13	No change
Chilton, Ramsgate	Good	Mar 13	Up one
Garlinge, Margate	Requires Improvement	Mar 13	No change
Holy Trinity & St John's CofE, Margate	Good	Jun 13	No change
Minster CofE	Good	Nov 12	Up one
Newlands *	Serious Weaknesses	Jun 13	Down one
St Mary's Catholic, Margate	Requires Improvement	Mar 13	No change
St Laurence in Thanet CE Junior Academy	Requires Improvement	Jan 14	No change
St Peter in Thanet CofE Junior, Broadstairs	Requires Improvement	May 13	Down one

* Newlands is now an academy run by The Kemnal Academies Trust, along with  Northdwon and Salmestone. Since conversion its OFSTED reating has declined from satisfactory to Serious Weaknesses

Pre September 2012 Reports

School	Grade	Date	Comments
Birchington CofE	Satisfactory	Mar 2012
Bromstone, Broadstairs	Satisfactory	Mar 2011
Christ Church CfE Junior, Ramsgate	Special Measures	Oct 2010
Christ Church CfE Junior, Ramsgate	Satisfactory	Mar 2012	see above
Cliftonville, Margate	Satisfactory	Jun 2012
Dame Janet Community Infants, Ramsgate	Special Measures	Feb 2012	Inadequate progress Jul 2012
Dame Janet Community Junior, Ramsgate	Satisfactory	May 2011
Drapers Mill , Margate *	Satisfactory	Mar 2011
Garlinge, Margate	Satisfactory	Jan 2011
Minster CofE	Satisfactory	Sep 2010
Monkton CofE, Margate	Outstanding	Oct 2011
Newlands, Ramsgate *	Satisfactory	Mar 2011
Newington Communty,  Ramsgate	Good	Jun 2012
Priory Infant	Good	Sep 2010
St Crispin's Community Infant, Westgate	Good	May 2011
St Gregory's Catholic	Satisfactory	Nov 2010
St Joseph's Catholic, Broadstairs	Good	Jun 2011
St Laurence in Thanet CofE Junior	Satisfactory	May 2010
St Mildred's Infant, Broadstairs	Good	Mar 2011
Upton Junior	Good	Jun 2010

 

 

Admission Issues for September 2012 Entry (written March 2012)

Although pressure on Primary School places in Thanet is just as serious as in other parts of the county, it is often not considered by the media and others, as some parts  of the county clearly have a higher profile.

The 2009 KCC paper forecast there would be no vacant spaces in Thanet for 2011. Thanet divides into two for KCC purposes, a north end, centred on Margate, and a south end around Ramsgate. Most pressures come in the south. Most problems in the north were dissipated in 2011 by adding in 30 places at Drapers Mill Primary School. For 2012 entry, KCC  has added in another 60 places in three schools resulting in 93 free places and a reduction of 11 to 37 allocations.

However, in south Thanet, the situation is far tighter. For 2011 entry, another 15 places were introduced at Bromstone Primary School, allowing 23 children to be allocated to the school who had not applied for it, leaving a total of just  23 places free. In total 40 children were allocated places by KCC.

For 2012, a further 60 places were provided, 30 each at Callis Grange Nursery and Infant School and Newlands Primary School. Even with this input, there were just 8 places free across the whole area, 7 at Bromstone Primary. 65 places were allocated to the only three schools that would in any case have had vacancies, Newlands, Bromstone and Dame Janet Community Infant. One has to ask why it is that across the county a high proportion of those schools being expanded are amongst the least popular.  Once again one senses that KCC is reduced to providing sufficient school places in the area, without regard to their suitability to try and match parental choice.