Harcourt Primary School

Foundation school·Primary school Folkestone, Kent·CT19 4NE
Composite score
35.1
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#12,326
National rank
#1845
In South East
#369
In Kent
Top 83%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
54%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 24/02/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Inclusion
Strong standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Expected standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
15 first choices, 16 places
First choices per place
0.94
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
40
any preference, for 16 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.06
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9620221.0320230.8820241.0020250.942026

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

Every child who put Harcourt 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
180
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
31.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
15.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,273
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Harcourt Primary School

Harcourt Primary School is a primary school in Folkestone, Kent, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. Around 180 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. 54% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 2.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Harcourt Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 16 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 17.9 pupils per teacher. Harcourt 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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