Northdown Primary School, Margate

In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils at Northdown Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 60% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 73% in Kent and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 70% in reading and 64% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 23 families put Northdown Primary School as their first choice and 67 named it as one of their preferences, for 25 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 Northdown Primary School are Cliftonville Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 63% reading, 59% maths); Drapers Mills Primary Academy (0.6 miles, Good, 57% reading, 51% maths); Palm Bay Primary School (0.8 miles, 81% reading, 78% maths); and Callis Grange Nursery and Infant School (1.1 miles, Good).

Northdown Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

Northdown Primary School is one of 45 schools run by The Kemnal Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 71% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

70.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 28.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (63%) and Mixed (7%).

In 2026, 109 pupils (36.1%) received SEN support and 8 (2.6%) 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 speech, language and communication needs.

Northdown Primary School had 22 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Margate Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Western Road (opposite), 90 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Northdown Primary School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 317 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, Northdown Primary School issued 370 suspensions, 109.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Northdown Primary School are St George's Church of England Foundation School (1.3 miles), Dane Court Grammar School (1.4 miles), The Charles Dickens School (1.5 miles) and Hartsdown Academy (1.7 miles).