Drapers Mills Primary Academy
About Drapers Mills Primary Academy
Drapers Mills Primary Academy serves a community with a very high proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals — 69 per cent — and its Key Stage 2 results reflect the significant challenges that brings. Just 18 per cent of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with a Kent local authority average of 63 per cent. That gap of 45 percentage points is stark, and it places the school bottom of the 25 primary schools in Thanet on this measure. The picture is similar across individual subjects: only 20 per cent met the expected standard in maths and 34 per cent in reading, while writing fared better at 50 per cent. The school’s national ranking on the combined measure puts it in the bottom one per cent of all primaries. These are not easy numbers to read, but they need to be understood in the context of a school working with high levels of disadvantage rather than as a simple measure of quality.
Key Details
The full report on this school
The inspection in plain English, admissions context, and how this school compares to nearby alternatives — all in one full school report.
- Ofsted inspection in plain EnglishStrengths, concerns and what inspectors flagged
- Parent View survey resultsWhat parents told Ofsted — when the school has 10+ responses
- Where Ofsted and parents disagreeGaps to probe + questions to ask at the open day
- Admissions & catchmentAdmission criteria, distance cutoffs (where the LA publishes them)
- Nearby schools comparedBackup options with Ofsted, demand and distance
- Attendance & behaviour dataPersistent absentees, suspensions and exclusions vs national
Ofsted Inspection Breakdown
1 Nov 2023Latest monitoring visit (1 Nov 2023): School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
Source: Ofsted, 27 Apr 2018. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.
SEND Support
Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.
School day
Teaching hours
08:50 – 15:15
Breakfast club
07:30-08:50
Source: drapersmills-tkat.org. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.
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