Academy sponsor led · Kent

Drapers Mills Primary Academy

2–11Ages
246Pupils
PrimaryPhase
139021URN

St Peter's Footpath, Margate, CT9 2SP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jul 2026

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.0per place

0.4 below Kent median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Kent

44 applications for 22 places · 287th of 385 in Kent

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

51%met the expected standard

Kent 65% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report card · inspected 7 July 2026Published 21 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Expected standard	Needs attention
Inclusion		Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching			Needs attention
Achievement			Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour			Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing		Expected standard
Early years		Expected standard
Post-16 provision	Does not apply to this school
Leadership and governance			Needs attention

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

7 July 2026
Report card · 3 Expected standard, 4 Needs attention
1 November 2023
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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)

44 applications · 22 places offered · 16 named it first

2026 2.0; Kent median median 2.4
2025 2.2; Kent median median 2.3
2024 2.5; Kent median median 2.4
2023 2.7; Kent median median 2.3
2022 1.6; Kent median median 2.1
2021 1.4; Kent median median 2.2
2020 2.5; Kent median median 2.2
2019 1.2; Kent median median 2.1
2018 1.2; Kent median median 2.1
2017 1.3; Kent median median 2.2
2016 1.2; Kent median median 2.5
2015 1.6; Kent median median 2.4
2014 1.7; 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	22	44	2.0	16	0.73
Sep 2025	20	43	2.2	19	0.95
Sep 2024	24	61	2.5	22	0.92
Sep 2023	19	52	2.7	18	0.95
Sep 2022	33	53	1.6	19	0.58
Sep 2021	48	69	1.4	22	0.46
Sep 2020	26	65	2.5	23	0.88
Sep 2019	42	50	1.2	29	0.69
Sep 2018	42	51	1.2	26	0.62
Sep 2017	41	54	1.3	32	0.78
Sep 2016	66	82	1.2	30	0.45
Sep 2015	47	77	1.6	30	0.64
Sep 2014	70	116	1.7	41	0.59

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 57% · Writing 60% · Maths 51% → all three 51% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard51%338th of 421 in Kent

Kent 65% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard57%

Kent 78% England 78%

Higher standard29%

Kent 35% England 33%

Average scaled score 101 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard60%

Kent 77% England 75%

Greater depth9%

Kent 15% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard51%

Kent 75% England 77%

Higher standard9%

Kent 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 98 (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	51%	3%	101	98
2023/24	18%	0%	96	94
2022/23	21%	2%	97	95

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

Drapers Mills Primary AcademyThis school
This school

2026

2.0applications per place 51%met the SATs standard
Salmestone Primary School
0.9 km · Kent

Standards maintained2024

2.7applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
Margate, Holy Trinity and St John's Church of England Primary School
0.9 km · Kent

Good2023

2.1applications per place 31%met the SATs standard
Northdown Primary School
1.0 km · Kent

Good2021

2.7applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Margate
1.1 km · Kent

Graded · no overall grade2025

3.4applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Cliftonville Primary School
1.1 km · Kent

Good2024

1.8applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
Palm Bay Primary School
2.1 km · Kent

Graded · no overall grade2025

3.4applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
Garlinge Primary School and Nursery
2.3 km · Kent

Good2023

1.7applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
Callis Grange Nursery and Infant School
2.5 km · Kent

Good2022

2.3applications per place

School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 139021 · 886/2017
Trust: The Kemnal Academies Trust
Capacity: 420 pupils · 246 on roll
Free school meals: 76.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 December 2012
Replaced: Drapers Mills Primary School (URN 118407)
Address: St Peter's Footpath, Margate, CT9 2SP
Local authority: Kent · Thanet

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources