Salmestone Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C60
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Margate, CT9 4DB
- Distance
- 0.8km away
Drapers Mills Primary Academy
St Peter's Footpath, Margate, CT9 2SP
Local ranking440th of 445 primary schools in Kent
Ofsted: Needs attentionUpdated— score data refreshed 20 October 2026
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
2-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 7 July 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum & teaching
- Needs attention
- Attendance & behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Needs attention
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 51.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 3.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 57.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 60.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 51.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 49.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 101.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 98.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 97.0
- Cohort Size
- 35
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 277
- Boys
- 130 (53%)
- Girls
- 116 (47%)
- Capacity
- 420 (59% full)
- SEND
- 22.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 70.8%
- EAL
- 40.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.9%
- SEN Support
- 19.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 15.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,819/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 12.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 48.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 44.8%
- White Other: 33.6%
- Gypsy/Roma: 6.9%
- Black African: 4.0%
- Other: 2.9%
- Black Caribbean: 2.5%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.1%
44.8%
White British
33.6%
White Other
6.9%
Gypsy/Roma
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
St Peter's Footpath
Margate, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 139021
- UKPRN
- 10039726
- Establishment No.
- 2017
- Trust
- THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST
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