Academy sponsor led · Kent

Cliftonville Primary School

3–11Ages
845Pupils
PrimaryPhase
140012URN

Northumberland Avenue, Cliftonville, Margate, CT9 3LY · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2024 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.8per place

0.6 below Kent median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Kent

220 applications for 120 places · 320th of 385 in Kent

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

44%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 · 25 June 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Outstanding
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision	Outstanding

Inspection history

25 June 2024
Graded inspection: Good
18 January 2023
Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (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

1.8applications per place, Reception

0.6 below Kent median (2.4) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

220 applications · 120 places offered · 108 named it first

2026 1.8; Kent median median 2.4
2025 2.0; Kent median median 2.3
2024 2.0; Kent median median 2.4
2023 2.1; Kent median median 2.3
2022 1.9; Kent median median 2.1
2021 2.0; Kent median median 2.2
2020 2.0; Kent median median 2.2
2019 1.7; Kent median median 2.1
2018 2.0; Kent median median 2.1
2017 1.5; Kent median median 2.2
2016 1.6; Kent median median 2.5
2015 1.8; Kent median median 2.4
2014 2.1; 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	120	220	1.8	108	0.90
Sep 2025	108	216	2.0	95	0.88
Sep 2024	119	237	2.0	116	0.97
Sep 2023	106	219	2.1	87	0.82
Sep 2022	118	219	1.9	115	0.97
Sep 2021	120	235	2.0	126	1.05
Sep 2020	120	234	2.0	117	0.98
Sep 2019	120	208	1.7	128	1.07
Sep 2018	120	236	2.0	134	1.12
Sep 2017	112	173	1.5	83	0.74
Sep 2016	120	192	1.6	88	0.73
Sep 2015	120	212	1.8	101	0.84
Sep 2014	90	186	2.1	87	0.97

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 63% · Writing 60% · Maths 59% → all three 44% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard44%376th of 421 in Kent

Kent 65% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard63%

Kent 78% England 78%

Higher standard26%

Kent 35% England 33%

Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard60%

Kent 77% England 75%

Greater depth11%

Kent 15% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard59%

Kent 75% England 77%

Higher standard21%

Kent 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 100 (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	44%	9%	103	100
2023/24	50%	3%	101	101
2022/23	51%	3%	103	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

Cliftonville Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2024

1.8applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
Northdown Primary School
0.6 km · Kent

Good2021

2.7applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
Palm Bay Primary School
1.0 km · Kent

Graded · no overall grade2025

3.4applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
Drapers Mills Primary Academy
1.1 km · Kent

2026

2.0applications per place 51%met the SATs standard
Margate, Holy Trinity and St John's Church of England Primary School
1.5 km · Kent

Good2023

2.1applications per place 31%met the SATs standard
Salmestone Primary School
1.9 km · Kent

Standards maintained2024

2.7applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Margate
2.1 km · Kent

Graded · no overall grade2025

3.4applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Callis Grange Nursery and Infant School
2.2 km · Kent

Good2022

2.3applications per place
St Peter-in-Thanet CofE Junior School
2.3 km · Kent

Outstanding2023

60%met the SATs standard

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

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 140012 · 886/2028
Trust: Coastal Academies Trust
Capacity: 862 pupils · 845 on roll
Free school meals: 50.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 December 2013
Replaced: Cliftonville Primary School (URN 118542)
Address: Northumberland Avenue, Cliftonville, Margate, CT9 3LY
Local authority: Kent · Thanet

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