Greatstone Primary School
Ofsted: GoodFoundation school · Primary
New Romney · TN28 8SY · Kent
Ages 2–11
- KS225%
- Absence7.7%
- FSM28.4%
- Demand1.00
1.8 miles away
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St Nicholas Church of England Primary Academy
Academy sponsor led · New Romney · TN28 8BP
Ages 4–11 · 412 pupils · Kent
Ofsted
Standards maintained
KS2 expected (RWM)
50%
Overall absence
5.6%
Admissions demand
1.08 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Standards maintained
Inspection date
2024-11-11
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)50%
Higher standard (RWM)5%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 102.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 101.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.6%
Persistent absence (10%+)14.9%
Unauthorised1.7%
- Authorised absence
- 3.9%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.3%
- Enrolments in measure
- 356
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
1.08 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
65
Places offered
60
1st-preference offers
59
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 100
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 60
- Applications from outside LA
- 1
- 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 fill95%
412 pupils · 434 places
- Pupils on roll
- 412
- Boys / girls
- 214 / 198
- School capacity
- 434
- Capacity fill
- 412 / 434 (95%)
- Free school meals
- 39.1%
- FSM pupils
- 161
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Canterbury
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE DIOCESE OF CANTERBURY ACADEMIES TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE DIOCESE OF CANTERBURY ACADEMIES TRUST
- Sponsor
- Aquila, The Diocese of Canterbury Academies Trust
- Headteacher
- Mr Christopher Dale
Location
- Address
- Fairfield Road
- Postcode
- TN28 8BP
- Town
- New Romney
- County
- Kent
- Local authority
- Kent
- District
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Constituency
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
SEN & specialist provision
As recorded in GIAS — provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
- Resourced places
- 14 on roll / 14 capacity
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (primary), Ages 4–11, in New Romney, Kent, 412 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 39.1%. SEN provision includes: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Canterbury.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
The Marsh Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
New Romney · TN28 8BB · Kent
Ages 11–18
- Att836.6
- P8-0.3
- EM5+20%
- Absence11.6%
0.3 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Christopher Dale
- Telephone
- 01797361906