1Folkestone St. Mary's Church of England Primary Academy
Kent · ages 2 to 11 · URN139310
406 pupils / 434 at Blackfield Primary and Nursery School2025/26 · Academic year
Add to comparison- Free school meals: 2 percentage points lower
- First language other than English: 0.4 percentage points lower
- SEND: 0.1 percentage points higher
- 28 fewer pupils
Sources, Ofsted & match details
- Report card inspection · inspected 18 November 2025 · published 21 January 2026 · monthly file dated 30 September 2026
Safeguarding standards: Met; Inclusion: Expected standard; Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Ungraded inspection (previous framework) · inspected 20 October 2021 · published 5 December 2021 · monthly file dated 30 September 2026
Outcome: School remains Good
Matching score and calculation
Score -0.00334. A lower score means more similar pupil context. It is not a school rating or a percentage.
- FSM eligible (current eligibility): difference 2 percentage points; weight 45%; contribution 0.00900.
- First language other than English: difference 0.4 percentage points; weight 25%; contribution 0.00100.
- SEN support and EHC plans (derived percentage): difference 0.1 percentage points; weight 20%; contribution 0.00021.
- Total pupils: difference 28 pupils; weight 10%; contribution 0.00645.
- region: same published context; contribution -0.01000.
- faith: no matching bonus; contribution 0.00000.
- governance: same published context; contribution -0.01000.