The Churchill School

Academy converter·Primary school Folkestone, Kent·CT18 7RH
Composite score
47.6
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National rank
#1210
In South East
#255
In Kent
Top 55%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
66%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
38 first choices, 42 places
First choices per place
0.91
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
90
any preference, for 42 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.02
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put The Churchill 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
341
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
27.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
6.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
5.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
15.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,150
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

The Churchill School at a glance

Located in Folkestone, Kent, The Churchill School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 341 pupils aged 4 to 11. 66% 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 fallen by 1.0 percentage points compared with 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 106 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% 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 The Churchill School their first choice was offered one of its 42 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.8%. There are about 19.6 pupils per teacher. The Churchill 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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