Academy sponsor led · Primary
Ramsgate · CT11 0QX · Kent
Ages 7–11
- KS243%
- Absence9.4%
- FSM73.3%
0.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 118414
Ellington Infant School
Community school · Ramsgate · CT11 0QH
Ages 5–7 · 155 pupils · Kent
Ofsted
School remains Good
Overall absence
6.8%
Admissions demand
0.71 · Often has places
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2022-09-27
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence6.8%
Persistent absence (10%+)25.0%
Unauthorised1.5%
- Authorised absence
- 5.3%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 104
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.71 · Often has places
1st preferences
34
Places offered
57
1st-preference offers
34
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 136
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 48
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill86%
155 pupils · 180 places
- Pupils on roll
- 155
- Boys / girls
- 77 / 78
- School capacity
- 180
- Capacity fill
- 155 / 180 (86%)
- Free school meals
- 53.5%
- FSM pupils
- 83
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 5–7
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Vikki Bowman
Location
- Address
- High Street, St Lawrence
- Postcode
- CT11 0QH
- Town
- Ramsgate
- County
- Kent
- Local authority
- Kent
- District
- Thanet
- Constituency
- East Thanet
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 5–7, in Ramsgate, Kent, 155 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 53.5%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Priory Infant School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Ramsgate · CT11 9XT · Kent
Ages 4–7
- Absence8.0%
- FSM50.0%
- Demand0.67
0.4 miles away
Christ Church Church of England Junior School, Ramsgate
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Ramsgate · CT11 0ZZ · Kent
Ages 7–11
- KS262%
- Absence6.9%
- FSM55.2%
0.5 miles away
Ramsgate Arts Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodFree schools · Primary
Ramsgate · CT12 6PP · Kent
Ages 4–11
- KS260%
- Absence7.2%
- FSM31.1%
- Demand1.30
0.6 miles away
Newington Community Primary School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedAcademy converter · Primary
Ramsgate · CT12 6HX · Kent
Ages 3–11
- FSM53.6%
0.6 miles away
Chilton Primary School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedAcademy converter · Primary
Ramsgate · CT11 0LQ · Kent
Ages 4–11
- KS281%
- Absence5.0%
- FSM17.2%
- Demand1.75
0.7 miles away
Dame Janet Primary Academy
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Ramsgate · CT12 6QY · Kent
Ages 4–11
- KS262%
- Absence8.0%
- FSM61.7%
- Demand0.83
0.9 miles away
Newlands Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Ramsgate · CT11 7AJ · Kent
Ages 4–11
- KS270%
- Absence10.0%
- FSM68.1%
- Demand0.71
0.9 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Vikki Bowman
- Telephone
- 01843591638