Garlinge Primary School and Nursery, Margate

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The school runs a breakfast club, from £3.00 per day.

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils at Garlinge Primary School and Nursery reached the expected standard in reading and 64% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 73% in Kent and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 64% in reading and 61% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 76 families put Garlinge Primary School and Nursery as their first choice and 142 named it as one of their preferences, for 84 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Garlinge Primary School and Nursery are St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Margate (0.8 miles, Good, 85% reading, 80% maths); Salmestone Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 69% reading, 66% maths); St Crispin's Infant School (1.1 miles); and Margate, Holy Trinity and St John's Church of England Primary School (1.2 miles, Good, 44% reading, 44% maths).

Garlinge Primary School and Nursery's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

Garlinge Primary School and Nursery is one of 4 schools run by Thanet Endeavour Learning Trust, an academy trust.

42.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 11% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (78%) and Mixed (8%).

In 2026, 106 pupils (14.6%) received SEN support and 62 (8.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

Garlinge Primary School and Nursery has a resourced provision for autism and physical disability: 26 places, 26 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Margate Rail Station, about 1120 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Caxton Road (adjacent), 70 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 175 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Kent (101), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Garlinge Primary School and Nursery issued 20 suspensions, 2.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Garlinge Primary School and Nursery are Hartsdown Academy (0.4 miles), Ursuline College (1.4 miles) and King Ethelbert School (1.7 miles).