Folkestone, St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolFolkestone St. Mary's Church of England Primary Academy

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Folkestone.

Summary of the comparison

Folkestone, St Peter's Church of England Primary School and Folkestone St. Mary's Church of England Primary Academy are primary schools in Folkestone.

  • Folkestone, St Peter's Church of England Primary School scores 62 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Folkestone St. Mary's Church of England Primary Academy scores 36 out of 100 (grade F, weak). Folkestone, St Peter's Church of England Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Folkestone, St Peter's Church of England Primary School was judged Good and Folkestone St. Mary's Church of England Primary Academy was judged the expected standard.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 60.0% for Folkestone, St Peter's Church of England Primary School and 59.0% for Folkestone St. Mary's Church of England Primary Academy.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Folkestone, St Peter's Church of England Primary School (63.0% in 2022-23, 60.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Folkestone St. Mary's Church of England Primary Academy (40.0% in 2022-23, 59.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Folkestone, St Peter's Church of England Primary School versus Folkestone St. Mary's Church of England Primary Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure FolkestoneFolkestone, St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolFolkestoneFolkestone St. Mary's Church of England Primary AcademyEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC62/100Stronger figureF36/100
Local ranking140th of 450 in Kent Stronger figure404th of 450 in Kent
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Expected
School typeVoluntary controlled school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range5-11 2-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll91 416
Capacity105 420
LocationFolkestone, CT19 6AL Folkestone, CT19 6QH
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard60.0% Stronger figure59.0% 62.0%
At higher standard10.0% Stronger figure5.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score107.0 Stronger figure104.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score106.0 Stronger figure104.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census91 416
Free school meals (ever 6)49.5% 33.8%
English as an additional language18.7% 3.6%
SEN support28.6% 17.6%
SEN with an EHC plan1.1% 2.2%
Attendance
Overall absence4.0% Stronger figure7.4% 6.2%
Persistent absence14.0% Stronger figure20.6% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Folkestone, St Peter's Church of England Primary School

Folkestone St. Mary's Church of England Primary Academy

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