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Folkestone Primary

Primary · Folkestone · CT19 5FP

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Good

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.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 27 June 2023

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At a glance

460 pupils · 100% of 450 capacity

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
25.4% of pupils
English as additional language
15.6% of pupils
SEN support
14.7% of pupils
EHC plan
1.4% of pupils
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.turnerfolkestoneprimary.com/home
URN
148068

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.96 first-choice applications per place

46 places offered · 44 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

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)

59 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
64%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
2%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11.4%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
27.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

90% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% moved to another state school

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.

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