Folkestone St. Mary's Church of England Primary Academy

State-Funded School

folkestone-st-marys-church-of-england-primary-academy-kent-south-east

South EastRegion

KentLocal Authority

Folkestone and HytheConstituency

CT19 6QHPostcode

3.1

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Folkestone St. Mary's Church of England Primary Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Kent, South East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 406 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 18 Nov 2025 · published 21 Jan 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 56%
Higher standard: 3%
Reading score: 105
Maths score: 104

Ethnicity

White

90%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

406

Total Pupils

46%Boys

54%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

29%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 406
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 20 October 2021. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
17 Oct 2016	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.