The Canterbury Primary School, Canterbury

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils at The Canterbury Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 66% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 73% in Kent and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 69% in reading and 67% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 52 families put The Canterbury Primary School as their first choice and 127 named it as one of their preferences, for 60 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 The Canterbury Primary School are Wincheap Foundation Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 85% reading, 73% maths); St Peter's Methodist Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 80% reading, 70% maths); St Johns Church of England Primary School (1.1 miles, Good, 58% reading, 42% maths); and St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Canterbury (1.2 miles, Good, 87% reading, 93% maths).

The Canterbury Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

The Canterbury Primary School is one of 2 schools run by The Canterbury Academy Trust, an academy trust.

45.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 29.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (62%), Black (8%) and Mixed (7%).

In 2026, 52 pupils (12.4%) received SEN support and 29 (6.9%) 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.

The Canterbury Primary School has a resourced provision for autism: 24 places, 24 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Canterbury East Rail Station, about 1160 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Squire Avenue (adjacent), 100 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood The Canterbury 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 388 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Kent (101), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, The Canterbury Primary School issued 25 suspensions, 6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to The Canterbury Primary School are The Canterbury Academy (0.2 miles), The Archbishop's School (1.3 miles), Barton Court Grammar School (1.3 miles) and Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys (1.6 miles).