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St Crispin's Infant School

Primary · ages 4-7MixedAcademy193 pupilsKent
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredThere isn't enough published data yet. To get a score, a school needs results or an inspection plus at least one other figure.
OfstedNo overall gradeLast Ofsted inspection, January 2025
Attendance92.7%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families29%About the same as most schools in England
Places77 spare193 pupils, 270 places
Pupils on roll193Census January 2026

St Crispin's Infant School is a converter academy in Westgate-on-Sea for boys and girls aged 4 to 7. It has 193 pupils and room for 270. About 29 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2025, no overall grade.

St Crispin's Road, Westgate-on-Sea, CT8 8EB01843 832040st-crispins.kent.sch.ukMrs Victoria Acors headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted's last full inspection was on 14 January 2025, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.

Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.

TeachingOfsted calls this “quality of education”
Requires improvement
BehaviourOfsted calls this “behaviour and attitudes”
Good
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development”
Good
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and management”
Requires improvement
Early years
Good
Safeguarding
Effective
Yes
Earlier inspections (1)
DateTypeOutcome
11 September 2019UngradedSchool remains Good

Results

No published results yet for this school.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Kent council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll193Census January 2026
Places27071% full
Pupils from low-income families29%29% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English8%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support14%26 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan4%7 pupils with a plan
Average class size27.67 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils14%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)27%£80,600 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls98 / 95
White British pupils82%

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: Autistic spectrum disorder (15), language and communications needs (7), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (5), emotional and mental health (4), Hearing impairment (1), Specific learning difficulty (1).

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 92.7% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance92.7%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school20.9%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Missed without permission2.7%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/25†2023/24†2022/23†2021/22†2020/21†2018/19†England
Sessions missedOverall absence7.4%6.4%8.0%8.6%4.4%4.0%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence4.7%3.9%5.6%6.7%2.9%3.0%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence2.7%2.5%2.4%1.9%1.5%1.1%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence20.9%21.0%26.8%29.9%12.2%7.5%12.8%

† These attendance figures are for St Crispin's Community Primary Infant School, the school this one replaced in December 2025. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.

Money

Money

From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£7,958England £7,738. Total £1.7m
Income per pupil£8,172England £7,697. Total £1.7m
Spent on teachers per pupil£3,486England £3,480
Money in reserve7%Not much put by: £125k, £591 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out+£45kit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£7,958spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m14112 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate81 per 1,000 people11% lower than the England average
Typical house price£292,500Thanet
Nearest bus stop170 mLinden Close, 14 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
St Saviour's Church of England Junior SchoolChurch of England490 m351Good 202345Compare
Garlinge Primary School and NurseryFoundation1.1 miles726Good 202321Compare
Birchington Church of England Primary SchoolChurch of England1.3 miles422No overall grade 202523Compare
St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, MargateAcademy1.9 miles284No overall grade 202544Compare
Salmestone Primary SchoolAcademy2.0 miles216Not inspected20Compare
Margate, Holy Trinity and St John's Church of England Primary SchoolChurch of England2.2 miles397Good 20237Compare
Drapers Mills Primary AcademyAcademy2.5 miles246Good 20234Compare
Cliftonville Primary SchoolAcademy3.1 miles845Good 202414Compare

Questions parents ask

Is St Crispin's Infant School a good school?

St Crispin's Infant School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it not judged at its last inspection in January 2025.

What is St Crispin's Infant School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated St Crispin's Infant School not judged at its last full inspection on 14 January 2025.

How many pupils does St Crispin's Infant School have?

193 pupils aged 4 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 270 places, so it is 71% full.

What is attendance like at St Crispin's Infant School?

Pupils were in school 92.7% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 21% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at St Crispin's Infant School?

The average class had 27.6 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. 14% of classes had more than 30 pupils.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
St Crispin's Road, Westgate-on-Sea, CT8 8EB
Telephone
01843 832040
Website
www.st-crispins.kent.sch.uk
Headteacher
Mrs Victoria Acors
Type of school
Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-7
Gender
Mixed
Multi-academy trust
The Stour Academy Trust (9 schools)
Local authority
Kent
Ward
Westgate-on-Sea
Constituency
Herne Bay and Sandwich
Setting
Urban: Further from a major town or city
Opened
1 December 2025 (academy converter)
URN
152231 · LAESTAB 8862337 · UKPRN 10099345
Formerly
St Crispin's Community Primary Infant School

Where these figures come from