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St Crispin's Infant School

Primary · Westgate-on-Sea · CT8 8EB

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Requires improvement

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 14 January 2025

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At a glance

193 pupils · 71% of 270 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–7
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
28.6% of pupils (January 2026)
Website
https://www.st-crispins.kent.sch.uk/
URN
152231

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 41 families named it first for 45 Reception places, 0.91 first choices per place. We hold 4 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2023 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 14 January 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Requires improvement. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.91 first-choice applications per place

45 places offered · 41 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 82% (Kent 70%, England 60%) · Any other White background 6% (Kent 7%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Kent 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Kent 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Kent 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Kent 3%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Kent 3%, England 3%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
13.2%
England 17.5%

Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher26.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work32.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways16.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health44.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier78%62.3%
Social housing4.8%17.1%
Privately rented17.2%20.5%
Detached houses13.6%22.9%
Flats11.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms15.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van12.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01024716 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£270,000323 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£189,000–£330,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (30)£407,500
Semi-detached (72)£310,000
Terraced (105)£295,000
Flat (116)£158,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
5an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
20an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
7an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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