Folkestone, St Martin's Church of England Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Folkestone, Kent·CT20 3JJ
Composite score
59.1
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#4,184
National rank
#618
In South East
#144
In Kent
Top 28%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
73%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
17 first choices, 22 places
First choices per place
0.77
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
71
any preference, for 22 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.06
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8320221.1020230.8320240.8320250.772026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Folkestone, St Martin's Church of England Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
196
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
19.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
10.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,262
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

School overview

Folkestone, St Martin's Church of England Primary School is a primary school serving Folkestone, Kent, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. It has 196 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. 73% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 6.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 28% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Folkestone, St Martin's Church of England Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 22 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.0%. There are about 23.1 pupils per teacher. Folkestone, St Martin's Church of England Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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