St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School and Nursery

An ungraded Ofsted inspection in May 2025 found: Standards maintained. An ungraded inspection issues no grade. Ofsted last graded St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School and Nursery Good, in July 2015.

St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School and Nursery has 205 pupils on roll.

In 2024-25, 70% of pupils at the end of primary school (key stage 2) reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Trends and the detail behind each figure are on the Results tab.

St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School and Nursery admits pupils aged 3 to 11.

St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School and Nursery is located in Ramsgate, CT11 7LS, Kent.

St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School and Nursery is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.

Yes — St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School and Nursery has a religious character of Roman Catholic. Faith criteria may apply to admissions; check the school's oversubscription policy for details.

On offer day for 2026-27 (Reception), the furthest place offered at St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School and Nursery was 0.31 miles from the school. That is the distance the last place reached in one year, not a boundary and not a guarantee — it moves with the number of applicants.

When St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School and Nursery has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after Catholic children (adopted/child arrangement order) and Catholic children previously in state care abroad who ceased to be in state care as a result of adoption — Looked after Catholic children who have been adopted or who have become the subject of a child arrangement order and Catholic children the admission authority judges were in state care outside England and left it through adoption; 2. Catholic children — Catholic children, a baptism certificate, or proof of reception into the Catholic Church, is needed; 3. Looked after children (any faith) — Looked after children, looked after children who have been adopted or who have become the subject of a child arrangement order and children the admission authority judges were in state care outside England and left it through adoption, and 4 further criteria. The school offers 30 places at this entry point. Tie-break: The following order of priorities will be applied when applications within any of the above categories exceed the places available and it is necessary to decide between applications: (i) A brother or sister on the school roll at the time of admission (siblings, including twins/multiple births where one is last ranked within PAN); (ii) Living in the parish of SS Ethelbert and Gertrude, Ramsgate (parish boundary described); (ii) Social, pastoral and medical needs which make the school particularly suitable for the child, with strong and relevant evidence from an appropriate professional authority; (iii) A member of staff employed at the school for more than two years at the time of application, or recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage; (iv) Proximity to the school of the child's home address, measured in a straight line from the school entrance using a geographical computerised information system; where equal distance, random allocation supervised by an independent party will decide the final place.

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 62% of pupils at St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School and Nursery are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.