Castle Hill Community Primary School
Sidney Street, Folkestone, CT19 6HG
395 pupils · 97% of 406 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Kent
- Free school meals
- 61.2%
Ofsted
Good (2024) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 6 March 2024, published 2 May 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 54% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 6% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.96 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 47 | 45 | 79 | 47 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 36 | 35 | 71 | 35 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 56 | 54 | 85 | 56 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 51 | 50 | 94 | 51 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 37 | 34 | 66 | 37 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 50 | 45 | 72 | 49 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 51 | 51 | 85 | 51 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 58 | 59 | 94 | 58 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Mundella Primary School 0.5 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Martello Primary 0.7 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Folkestone St. Mary's Church of England Primary Academy 0.8 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2025)
- Folkestone, St Peter's Church of England Primary School 0.9 km · Standards maintained (2024)
- Stella Maris Catholic Primary School 1 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Christ Church Cep Academy, Folkestone 1.1 km · Good (2022) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.