Community school · Kent
Sandgate Primary School
- Primary
- Ages 4–11
- Term dates set by the council
Term dates
Kent council sets the term dates for this school. See all Kent dates, taken from the council's own page.
2026/27
2027/28
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Admissions
Places for Reception and junior school are applied for through your home council, not the school.
Apply for a primary school place on GOV.UK
How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.
How many families applied: Reception
For September 2026, 63 families put this school as their first choice, and 60 places were offered. 55 of the families who put it first got a place (87%). More families put it first than there were places.
| Entry | Places offered | Put it first | Got their first choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 60 | 63 | 87% |
| September 2025 | 60 | 56 | 89% |
| September 2024 | 60 | 62 | 85% |
Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.
Before and after school
These clubs are registered with Ofsted at the school's postcode, so usually run on the school site:
- Little oaks Sandgate OOSC. Ofsted report
- Venture Camps Sandgate Holiday Camp, holiday club. Ofsted report
Ask the club or the school about times, prices and places. More clubs nearby.
Ofsted inspection
Report card, 24 February 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
Safeguarding standards: met.
Previous inspection, 15 September 2021. Overall: Good
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Pupils
- 419 (capacity 420)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Phone
- 01303257280
- Address
- Coolinge Lane, Folkestone, CT20 3QU
- Website
- sandgateprimaryschool.co.uk
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.