Graded inspection · Jan 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Kent
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry130 applications · 59 places offered · 63 named it first
- 2026 2.2; Kent median median 2.4
- 2025 3.0; Kent median median 2.3
- 2024 2.5; Kent median median 2.4
- 2023 2.7; Kent median median 2.3
- 2022 2.6; Kent median median 2.1
- 2021 2.8; Kent median median 2.2
- 2020 2.5; Kent median median 2.2
- 2019 2.4; Kent median median 2.1
- 2018 2.5; Kent median median 2.1
- 2017 3.0; Kent median median 2.2
- 2016 3.4; Kent median median 2.5
- 2015 3.4; Kent median median 2.4
- 2014 3.1; Kent median median 2.3
- This school
- Kent median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 59 | 130 | 2.2 | 63 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2025 | 37 | 112 | 3.0 | 35 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2024 | 46 | 115 | 2.5 | 46 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 40 | 109 | 2.7 | 40 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 48 | 124 | 2.6 | 42 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2021 | 45 | 125 | 2.8 | 45 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 51 | 128 | 2.5 | 50 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2019 | 59 | 141 | 2.4 | 60 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2018 | 60 | 151 | 2.5 | 68 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2017 | 56 | 170 | 3.0 | 55 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2016 | 60 | 201 | 3.4 | 65 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2015 | 60 | 205 | 3.4 | 76 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2014 | 60 | 184 | 3.1 | 64 | 1.07 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Westmeads Community Infant SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20252.2applications per place
- Remains Outstanding202273%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · KentGood20242.6applications per place
- 0.6 km · KentStandards maintained202568%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · KentRemains Good20232.4applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · KentRemains Good20241.8applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · KentRemains Good20232.5applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 5.1 km · KentGood20242.2applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
- 5.3 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20242.2applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 118363 · 886/2268
- Capacity
- 219 pupils · 183 on roll
- Free school meals
- 21.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Cromwell Road, Whitstable, CT5 1NA
- Local authority
- Kent · Canterbury
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources