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State primary · 5 to 7 · Mixed · 155 pupils

Ellington Infant School

High Street, St Lawrence, Ramsgate, CT11 0QH · Kent
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Ofsted: School remains Good · July 2022No results: infantFewer first choices than places (2026)

Summary

The key facts, in one place
Inspection
School remains Good, July 2022
Size
155 pupils; 36 places a year; classes of 26
Run by
Kent council
Type
Community school
Ages
5 to 7 · Mixed
Strengths, and things to check
  • Sessions missed: 9.2%, against 5.3% in Kent.
  • Persistently absent: 31.2%, against 13.5% in Kent.
  • Suspensions per 100 pupils: 11.4, against 1.1 in Kent.
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At a glance

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SourceWhere these figures come from

How it is worked outKent and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state primary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.

Against Kent and England
This schoolKentEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
9.2%
Worse than Kent
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
31.2%
Worse than Kent
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
11.4
Worse than Kent
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
25.6
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
54%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
18.9
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Reception place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
0.7
Less sought after than Kent
COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · RECEPTION 2027
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SourceKent County Council offer-day figures, 2024 to 2026.

How it is worked outThe bars show how far the last place offered reached each year. A full bar means everyone who applied was offered a place; a dash means we hold no distance for that year. Your postcode is set against each year's last distance.

Things to know
  • A record of past years, not a promise: the distance changes every year with who applies.

Enter your postcode to see how far it is from your home.

Kent County Council publishes no last distance offered for this school in the years we hold (2024 to 2026). Check your postcode for the distance from your home.

Free, no account needed. Your postcode is used for this check and not kept.

Offers

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Reception. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Offer day, year by year

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SourceCouncil offer-day figures: Kent County Council, 2024 to 2026.

Things to know
  • Distances are straight lines from the school.
EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Reception20266011236——
Reception20256010838——
Reception20246013657——

A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought.

Could you get in?Enter a home or postcode: we set it against every year's last offer and this school's rules.

Results

Quality

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SourceOfsted · inspected 19 July 2022

  • School remains Good
  • An infant school has no published results: its pupils sit the key stage 2 tests at the junior or primary school.

Daily life and who goes there

Daily life

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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
DfE, school workforce · November 2025
DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

  • Absence: 9.2% of sessions missed; 31% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 6.3% and 19%
  • Suspensions: 11 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 2); 0 permanent exclusions
  • Classes average 25.6 pupils; 0.0% of classes have more than 30
  • 18.9 pupils for each teacher
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 56 m, rail 418 m
  • 49 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 13 serious)
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 7.8 µg/m³, PM2.5 6.8 (1 km square, background level)

Absence

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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25.

Things to know
  • Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (40% or more), the median of 2777 schools.
YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/259.2%7.3%2.0%31%3.1%
2023/246.8%5.3%1.5%25%1.0%
2022/237.0%5.2%1.8%25%1.0%
Schools with a similar intake6.3%19%

Suspensions and exclusions

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SourceDfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/2511.43.6%190
2023/244.02.0%60
2022/233.70.8%50
Schools with a similar intake2.2

Class sizes and staff

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SourceDfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size25.62025/26
Classes over 30 pupils0.0%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher18.9November 2025

Stops nearby

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SourceDfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current.

Things to know
  • A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.
KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus56
rail418

Road collisions within 500 m

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SourceDfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025.

Things to know
  • 13 serious and 0 fatal in all; 13 involved a pedestrian, 3 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.
YearCollisions
202511
20246
202312
202211
20219

Air quality

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SourceDEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.

Things to know
  • A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.
PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO27.82024
PM1010.52024
PM256.82024

Who goes there

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SourceDfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals54%2025/26
First language other than English9.0%2025/26
SEN support14%2025/26
Education, health and care plan2.6%2025/26
Girls50%2025/26

Ofsted

Inspections

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SourceOfsted, 2022.

DateKindOutcome
19 July 2022Ungraded visitSchool remains Good

Admissions

Getting in

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SourceDfE, school applications and offers · Reception 2026

  • 26 families put it first for 36 places; every one of them got in
  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.

Applications and offers, DfE

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SourceDfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2014 to 2026.

Things to know
  • Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.
EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Reception2026362611226
Reception2025383110831
Reception2024573413634
Reception2023543813538
Reception2022533112431
Reception202124187818
Reception2020413111831
Reception2019363010430
Reception2018332513425
Reception2017623915939

Who runs it

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SourceDfE, Get Information about Schools

  • Community school is run by its local council (Kent), not by an academy trust.

Fees and clubs

State schools charge no tuition fees. Breakfast clubs, after-school clubs and holiday clubs are set by each school: ask the school what it runs and what it costs.

Childcare costsWhat wraparound care and early years places cost, and what funding covers.See costs →

Nearby

Nurseries nearby

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SourceOfsted early years register.

Fledgelings Day Nursery LTD0.1 miles
Buttons Preschool0.4 miles
Explorers Nursery0.5 miles
The Grange Montessori0.5 miles
Homes in reach of this schoolLook up any home near here: its sales, an open-data valuation, and which schools it keeps in reach.Search homes →

Sources

  • Council offer-day figures: Kent County Council
  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026 (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in Ramsgate and the Kent league table.

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