Academy converter · Kent

White Cliffs Primary and Nursery School

2–11Ages
277Pupils
PrimaryPhase
138168URN

St Radigund's Road, Dover, CT17 0LB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.0per place

0.4 below Kent median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

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61 applications for 30 places · 281st of 385 in Kent

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

57%met the expected standard

Kent 65% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 8 May 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
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 entry

2.0applications per place, Reception

0.4 below Kent median (2.4) close to England median (2.2)

61 applications · 30 places offered · 36 named it first

2026 2.0; Kent median median 2.4
2025 1.9; Kent median median 2.3
2024 1.8; Kent median median 2.4
2023 2.2; Kent median median 2.3
2022 1.3; Kent median median 2.1
2021 1.5; Kent median median 2.2
2020 1.2; Kent median median 2.2
2019 1.3; Kent median median 2.1
2018 1.3; Kent median median 2.1
2017 1.3; Kent median median 2.2
2016 1.0; Kent median median 2.5
2015 1.5; Kent median median 2.4
2014 1.0; Kent median median 2.3

More applications per place than the Kent median in 0 of 13 years.

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	30	61	2.0	36	1.20
Sep 2025	30	57	1.9	37	1.23
Sep 2024	27	48	1.8	27	1.00
Sep 2023	21	46	2.2	21	1.00
Sep 2022	28	37	1.3	27	0.96
Sep 2021	34	52	1.5	34	1.00
Sep 2020	43	53	1.2	41	0.95
Sep 2019	43	57	1.3	42	0.98
Sep 2018	34	44	1.3	30	0.88
Sep 2017	41	54	1.3	41	1.00
Sep 2016	57	56	1.0	35	0.61
Sep 2015	37	54	1.5	33	0.89
Sep 2014	56	53	1.0	35	0.63

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 67% · Writing 67% · Maths 67% → all three 57% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard57%287th of 421 in Kent

Kent 65% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard67%

Kent 78% England 78%

Higher standard31%

Kent 35% England 33%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard67%

Kent 77% England 75%

Greater depth2%

Kent 15% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard67%

Kent 75% England 77%

Higher standard33%

Kent 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Kent median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	57%	0%	104	105
2023/24	71%	3%	109	106
2022/23	46%	0%	100	102

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

White Cliffs Primary and Nursery SchoolThis school
This school

Good2024

2.0applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
Priory Fields School
0.9 km · Kent

Remains Good2024

1.9applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
Shatterlocks Infant and Nursery School
0.9 km · Kent

Standards maintained2025

1.9applications per place
St Martin's School
1.0 km · Kent

Remains Good2024

1.8applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
Vale View Community School
1.0 km · Kent

Good2022

2.7applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
Barton Junior School
1.1 km · Kent

Remains Good2024

66%met the SATs standard
Charlton Church of England Primary School
1.3 km · Kent

Remains Good2023

2.6applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
Green Park Community Primary School
1.5 km · Kent

Remains Outstanding · concerns noted2023

2.2applications per place 35%met the SATs standard
St Richard's Catholic Primary School
1.6 km · Kent

Remains Good2022

2.5applications per place 69%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 138168 · 886/2315
Trust: Samphire Star Education Trust
Capacity: 360 pupils · 277 on roll
Free school meals: 62.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 June 2012
Replaced: White Cliffs Primary College for the Arts (URN 118395)
Address: St Radigund's Road, Dover, CT17 0LB
Local authority: Kent · Dover

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources