Martello Primary
Primary · Folkestone · CT19 6DT
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 8 March 2022
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
146 pupils · 70% of 210 capacity
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 63.4% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 22% of pupils
- SEN support
- 19.1% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 14.9% of pupils
- Website
- www.turnermartello.org
- URN
- 140433
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.95 first-choice applications per place19 places offered · 18 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
23 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
92% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 8 March 2022: Good
- 9 May 2018: Requires improvement
- 6 December 2017: S8 No Formal Designation Visit
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- Folkestone St. Mary's Church of England Primary Academy
- Castle Hill Community Primary School
- Folkestone, St Peter's Church of England Primary School
- Mundella Primary School
- St Eanswythe's Church of England Primary School
- The Beacon Folkestone
- Christ Church Cep Academy, Folkestone
- Compass Community School Coastal Park