White Cliffs Primary and Nursery School

White Cliffs Primary and Nursery School at a glance

Located in Dover, Kent, White Cliffs Primary and Nursery School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 288 pupils aged 2 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 57% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 14.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous 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 104 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Competition for places is real here - 83% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (36 first choices for 30 places). Overall pupil absence was 7.0%. There are about 21.1 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 72% 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. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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.