Drapers Mills Primary Academy
Primary schoolDrapers Mills Primary Academy is a primary school in Thanet, for pupils aged 2 to 11. It had 246 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 7 July 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 51% of pupils at Drapers Mills Primary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in Kent and 62% in England.
3% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Kent | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 51% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 3% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 98 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Parkview AcademySpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file710 m
- Salmestone Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, October 2024. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)850 m
- Margate, Holy Trinity and St John's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), March 2023. 31% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)930 m
- Northdown Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2021. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
- St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, MargatePrimary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Cliftonville Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), June 2024. 44% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Thanet
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).