Drapers Mills Primary Academy

Ofsted

▲Good (2023) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)

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 1 November 2023, published 12 December 2023. Read the full Ofsted report

England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.

Exam results

“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.

Will my child get in?

Usually has places available — 0.73 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)

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

• –Salmestone Primary School 0.9 km · Standards maintained (2024)
• ▲Margate, Holy Trinity and St John's Church of England Primary School 0.9 km · Good (2023) · previous system
• ▲Northdown Primary School 1 km · Good (2021) · previous system
• –St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Margate 1.1 km · No overall grade (2025)
• ▲Cliftonville Primary School 1.1 km · Good (2024) · previous system
• –Palm Bay Primary School 2.1 km · No overall grade (2025)

Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.