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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 8 May 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 15 May 2019Graded inspection: 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 entry81 applications · 42 places offered · 41 named it first
- 2026 1.9; Kent median median 2.4
- 2025 2.2; Kent median median 2.3
- 2024 2.5; Kent median median 2.4
- 2023 2.3; Kent median median 2.3
- 2022 1.7; Kent median median 2.1
- 2021 1.8; Kent median median 2.2
- 2020 1.9; Kent median median 2.2
- 2019 1.9; Kent median median 2.1
- 2018 1.7; Kent median median 2.1
- 2017 1.9; Kent median median 2.2
- 2016 2.9; Kent median median 2.5
- 2015 2.3; Kent median median 2.4
- 2014 2.5; 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 | 42 | 81 | 1.9 | 41 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2025 | 38 | 82 | 2.2 | 37 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2024 | 31 | 76 | 2.5 | 31 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 43 | 100 | 2.3 | 43 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 48 | 80 | 1.7 | 48 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 55 | 100 | 1.8 | 54 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2020 | 60 | 115 | 1.9 | 61 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2019 | 41 | 79 | 1.9 | 39 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2018 | 58 | 100 | 1.7 | 54 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2017 | 60 | 114 | 1.9 | 56 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2016 | 60 | 171 | 2.9 | 73 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2015 | 60 | 136 | 2.3 | 60 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 60 | 152 | 2.5 | 71 | 1.18 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Shatterlocks Infant and Nursery SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20251.9applications per place
- 0.6 km · KentRemains Good202466%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · KentRemains Outstanding · concerns noted20232.2applications per place 35%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · KentRemains Good20232.6applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · KentGood20242.0applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · KentRemains Good20222.5applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · KentRemains Good20241.9applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · KentRemains Good2021
- 1.6 km · KentGood20222.7applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 138170 · 886/2316
- Trust
- Samphire Star Education Trust
- Capacity
- 232 pupils · 138 on roll
- Free school meals
- 35.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 June 2012
- Replaced
- Shatterlocks Infant School (URN 118396)
- Address
- Heathfield Avenue, Heathfield Avenue. Dover Kent, Dover, CT16 2PB
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources