St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, Ramsgate

From the headteacher's welcome: "Mr Simon Marshall (Headteacher) with the Head Boy/Girl and Deputy Head Boy/Girl As a practising Roman Catholic, I am extremely proud to be the HeadTeacher at St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School and Nursery."

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care, from £2.50 per session.

In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils at St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School and Nursery reached the expected standard in reading and 73% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 73% in Kent and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 89% in reading and 79% in maths in 2024.

Year groups in primary schools are small, so a handful of pupils can move these figures by several points from one year to the next.

For September 2026 entry, 33 families put St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School and Nursery as their first choice and 63 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 4 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

First-choice demand has risen from 19 in 2021 to 33 in 2026, while places went from 27 to 30.

Across Kent, 90% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 98% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2025, families in Kent lodged 311 appeals against primary school offers; 223 reached a hearing and 22 succeeded (9.9% of those heard).

The nearest other state primary schools to St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School and Nursery are Newlands Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 72% reading, 79% maths); Ramsgate, Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School (0.5 miles, Outstanding, 90% reading, 93% maths); Priory Infant School (0.6 miles, Good); and Ellington Infant School (0.9 miles, Good).

St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School and Nursery's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 2 schools.

46 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School and Nursery (as of September 2025): 91% would recommend the school, 96% say their child is happy there and 42% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child does well at the school (98%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (42%).

37.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (the average state school: 24.5%), and 27% speak English as an additional language (average: 18.5%), according to the 2025 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (63%), Mixed (9%) and Black (6%).

In 2025, 34 pupils (16.7%) received SEN support and 6 (2.9%) had an education, health and care plan, against 15.6% and 3.9% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School and Nursery employed 12 teachers in 2024, roughly one for every 17 pupils. Their average salary was £38,792.

Its 2026 funding allocation works out at £5,881 per pupil (£1.4 million in total), including £103,020 of pupil premium for disadvantaged pupils.

The nearest railway station is Dumpton Park Rail Station, about 650 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Ethelbert's Church (adjacent), 60 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School and Nursery stands in is among the 30% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 347 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 (99), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2023/24, St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School and Nursery issued 1 suspension, 0.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 2.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School and Nursery are Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School (0.4 miles), The Royal Harbour Academy (0.8 miles), The Charles Dickens School (1.4 miles) and Dane Court Grammar School (1.5 miles).