Graded inspection · Jun 2024 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 | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 4 June 2024Graded inspection: Good
- 3 February 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
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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 entry120 applications · 47 places offered · 43 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.6; Kent median median 2.4
- 2025 2.4; Kent median median 2.3
- 2024 2.6; Kent median median 2.4
- 2023 2.4; Kent median median 2.3
- 2022 2.1; Kent median median 2.1
- 2021 2.5; Kent median median 2.2
- 2020 2.1; Kent median median 2.2
- 2019 2.8; Kent median median 2.1
- 2018 2.5; Kent median median 2.1
- 2017 2.8; Kent median median 2.2
- 2016 2.6; Kent median median 2.5
- 2015 2.9; Kent median median 2.4
- 2014 2.8; 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 | 47 | 120 | 2.6 | 43 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2025 | 51 | 120 | 2.4 | 47 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2024 | 50 | 130 | 2.6 | 50 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 52 | 123 | 2.4 | 50 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2022 | 59 | 123 | 2.1 | 70 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2021 | 41 | 102 | 2.5 | 41 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 59 | 124 | 2.1 | 60 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2019 | 36 | 101 | 2.8 | 35 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2018 | 54 | 137 | 2.5 | 49 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2017 | 46 | 130 | 2.8 | 46 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 60 | 154 | 2.6 | 56 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2015 | 61 | 178 | 2.9 | 69 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2014 | 51 | 142 | 2.8 | 45 | 0.88 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St Alphege Church of England Infant SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20242.6applications per place
- 0.0 km · KentStandards maintained202568%met the SATs standard
- Remains Outstanding202273%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20252.2applications per place
- 1.0 km · KentRemains Good20241.8applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · KentRemains Good20232.4applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · KentRemains Good20232.5applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 5.4 km · KentGood20242.2applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
- 5.7 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20242.2applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 118659 · 886/3129
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 232 pupils · 206 on roll
- Free school meals
- 20.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Oxford Street, Whitstable, CT5 1DA
- Local authority
- Kent · Canterbury
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources