Folkestone, St Peter's Church of England Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Folkestone, Kent·CT19 6AL
Composite score
50.7
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#7,012
National rank
#1051
In South East
#225
In Kent
Top 48%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
60%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
15 first choices, 15 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
51
any preference, for 15 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.22
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8020220.9320230.8620240.7820251.002026

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

Every child who put Folkestone, St Peter'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
5–11
Pupils on roll
91
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
49.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
18.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
28.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
17.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
12.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£11,138
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Folkestone, St Peter's Church of England Primary School

Folkestone, St Peter's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Folkestone, Kent, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. Around 91 pupils aged 5 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 60% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 7.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Folkestone, St Peter's Church of England Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 15 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.1%. There are about 12.5 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 49% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Folkestone, St Peter'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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