Dame Janet Primary Academy

Dame Janet Primary Academy continues to demonstrate effective performance, maintaining its status as a good school. The school emphasizes the emotional well-being of all pupils, especially those who are disadvantaged, fostering an environment where students feel valued and connected. The curriculum is designed to be ambitious, particularly in English and mathematics, where pupils exhibit strong recall and application of knowledge. Recent changes to writing instruction are also showing positive impacts on students’ confidence.

Strengths

• Strong emphasis on emotional well-being and care for disadvantaged pupils.
• Pupils achieve well in English and mathematics with effective curriculum implementation.
• Well-trained specialist staff support pupils with SEND.
• Robust processes for tracking reading progress and providing support.
• Wide range of extracurricular opportunities that enrich pupil experiences.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent teaching in some newer subject areas, impacting pupil learning.
• Need for improved processes to check pupil understanding and retention of knowledge.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Dame Janet Primary Academy attended 92.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 26.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 9.8% of pupils at Dame Janet Primary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Dame Janet Primary Academy had 19.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 28.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 19.2% of pupils at Dame Janet Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Dame Janet Primary Academy received £8,701 and spent £8,495 for each of its 310 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £139,000 (£449 per pupil).

Across all 45 schools of The Kemnal Academies Trust, income was £8,501 and spending £8,452 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Ramsgate · Kent local authority: places and applications

Dame Janet Primary Academy is part of The Kemnal Academies Trust, which runs 45 schools. The nearest others:

• Newlands Primary School Ramsgate
• Drapers Mills Primary Academy Margate
• Salmestone Primary School Margate
• Northdown Primary School Margate
• Pluckley Church of England Primary School Ashford
• Smarden Primary School Ashford
• Rainham School for Girls Gillingham
• Napier Community Primary and Nursery Academy Gillingham
• Maldon Primary School Maldon
• Heybridge Primary School Maldon

What is Dame Janet Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Dame Janet Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was Dame Janet Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Dame Janet Primary Academy was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Dame Janet Primary Academy have?

Dame Janet Primary Academy has 291 pupils on roll.

What age range does Dame Janet Primary Academy cover?

Dame Janet Primary Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Dame Janet Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Dame Janet Primary Academy?

Dame Janet Primary Academy is at Newington Road, Ramsgate, Kent, CT12 6QY.