Garlinge Primary School and Nursery | Primary in Margate, Thanet | Ofsted & DfE

56%

RWM expected · 2024/25

10%

RWM higher · 2024/25

735

Pupils · 2024/25

11%

EAL · 2024/25

20%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

56%

RWM expected · 2024/25

10%

RWM higher · 2024/25

735

Pupils · 2024/25

11%

EAL · 2024/25

20%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

56%

RWM expected · 2024/25

10%

RWM higher · 2024/25

735

Pupils · 2024/25

11%

EAL · 2024/25

20%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 28/11/2023

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityKent

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio20.2:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Garlinge Primary School and Nursery · Primary · Kent

How does this school perform?

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

RWM expected standard

56%

+6pp

76%63%50%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 56%

RWM higher standard

10%

+7pp

14%9%3%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 10%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

69%

Reading higher standard

31%

Writing expected standard

68%

Writing higher standard

10%

Maths expected standard

64%

Maths higher standard

25%

Science expected standard

85%

SPAG expected standard

68%

SPAG higher standard

25%

Reading scaled score

105.0

Maths scaled score

103.0

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

735

Pupil : teacher ratio

20.2

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

11%

FSM eligible

47%

SEN

23%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

20%

Contact

Address

Westfield Road, Margate, CT9 5PA

Local authority

Kent

Website

www.garlingeprimary.co.uk

Telephone

01843221877

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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	56%	10%	69%	31%	68%	10%	64%	25%	85%	68%	105.0	103.0	104.0	—	—	—	23%	735
2023/24	50%	3%	64%	21%	73%	8%	61%	11%	77%	61%	103.0	102.0	102.0	—	—	—	20%	771
2022/23	59%	7%	72%	28%	74%	10%	72%	22%	79%	70%	104.0	103.0	103.0	-1.40	-0.30	-1.60	20%	769
2018/19	71%	14%	76%	27%	86%	23%	84%	29%	87%	86%	104.0	105.0	108.0	+0.00	+1.30	+0.30	12%	803
2017/18	76%	7%	80%	30%	88%	14%	82%	14%	95%	79%	105.0	104.0	105.0	+0.80	+1.10	-0.30	12%	750
2016/17	55%	7%	60%	19%	90%	31%	74%	14%	91%	69%	102.0	103.0	105.0	+0.00	+4.60	+0.70	10%	737

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	735	20.6	23%	11%	47%	7%	20%
2023/24	771	20.5	20%	10%	46%	7%	21%
2022/23	769	20.2	20%	9%	44%	7%	22%
2021/22	773	22.2	17%	9%	45%	8%	26%
2020/21	797	22.0	15%	10%	42%	—	—
2018/19	803	22.3	12%	13%	37%	4%	11%
2017/18	750	21.3	12%	16%	35%	4%	11%
2016/17	737	21.4	10%	17%	37%	5%	13%