Castle Hill Community Primary School | Primary in Folkestone, Folkestone and Hythe | Ofsted & DfE

54%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

414

Pupils · 2024/25

13%

EAL · 2024/25

25%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

54%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

414

Pupils · 2024/25

13%

EAL · 2024/25

25%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

54%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

414

Pupils · 2024/25

13%

EAL · 2024/25

25%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 06/03/2024

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityKent

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio18.8:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Castle Hill Community Primary School · Primary · Kent

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

54%

+9pp

72%59%45%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 54%

RWM higher standard

+6pp

8%4%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 6%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

65%

Reading higher standard

20%

Writing expected standard

70%

Writing higher standard

15%

Maths expected standard

57%

Maths higher standard

Science expected standard

76%

SPAG expected standard

57%

SPAG higher standard

22%

Reading scaled score

104.0

Maths scaled score

102.0

GPS scaled score

104.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

414

Pupil : teacher ratio

18.8

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

13%

FSM eligible

60%

SEN

24%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

25%

Contact

Address

Sidney Street, Folkestone, CT19 6HG

Local authority

Kent

Website

www.castlehill.kent.sch.uk/

Telephone

01303251583

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	54%	6%	65%	20%	70%	15%	57%	7%	76%	57%	104.0	102.0	104.0	—	—	—	24%	414
2023/24	45%	0%	59%	12%	66%	5%	57%	12%	62%	48%	103.0	103.0	102.0	—	—	—	24%	420
2022/23	47%	4%	62%	23%	55%	6%	58%	13%	87%	55%	104.0	102.0	101.0	-1.70	-2.20	-3.10	26%	406
2018/19	68%	0%	70%	23%	81%	13%	79%	13%	83%	75%	105.0	105.0	108.0	+1.40	+2.30	+0.80	27%	438
2017/18	72%	8%	80%	40%	80%	26%	76%	20%	80%	78%	110.0	106.0	110.0	+3.10	+3.80	+2.90	28%	437
2016/17	68%	2%	70%	32%	81%	4%	87%	23%	89%	79%	109.0	107.0	110.0	+5.30	+4.70	+5.40	34%	434

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	414	21.4	24%	13%	60%	9%	25%
2023/24	420	23.0	24%	13%	58%	9%	26%
2022/23	406	18.3	26%	14%	56%	9%	28%
2021/22	423	17.0	27%	13%	55%	10%	34%
2020/21	418	17.2	26%	12%	50%	—	—
2018/19	438	16.7	27%	15%	48%	5%	15%
2017/18	437	17.9	28%	18%	50%	5%	14%
2016/17	434	17.0	34%	22%	56%	5%	10%