Christ Church Church of England Junior School, Ramsgate

Christ Church Church of England Junior School, Ramsgate, is a safe, caring and inclusive school where pupils feel a strong sense of belonging and generally enjoy learning. Safeguarding standards are met, and the school's work on attendance, behaviour and inclusion is of the expected standard. Leaders have built constructive relationships with families and the wider community, and pupils benefit from a broad personal development programme, stable staffing and positive pastoral support. However, the school faces significant challenges: it serves a community with high levels of pupil mobility and disadvantage, and persistent absence remains well above national averages. The inspection identified that achievement, curriculum and teaching, and leadership and governance all require improvement. Many pupils, including those with SEND, have gaps in foundational reading, writing and mathematics that are not identified or addressed quickly enough. In particular, the teaching of early reading is not consistently based on a rigorous systematic synthetic phonics programme, and pupils do not have enough opportunities to practise reading fluency. Mathematics outcomes at the end of key stage 2 and in the Year 4 multiplication tables check are below national expectations. Leaders' approach to curriculum and teaching improvement lacks precision and strategic direction, which limits the support teachers receive to develop their expertise. As a result, pupils do not always make the progress they should, especially disadvantaged pupils in mathematics, where the disadvantage gap is wide. This was a full section 5 inspection; the school is a single-academy trust overseen by a board of trustees.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe, valued and included, and have trusting relationships with staff
• Classrooms are generally calm and behaviour is managed well; incidents of bullying are rare
• Leaders have an effective strategic approach to attendance and behaviour, improving rates for some persistently absent pupils
• Inclusion is a strength: leaders adapt support well and help mobile pupils settle in and feel welcome
• Pupils benefit from a broad personal development programme, including enriching trips, visits and residentials
• Pastoral support is a positive feature, with staff listening to pupils and providing help when needed
• A well-planned wider curriculum sparks pupils' interest, particularly in history and geography
• Pupils generally achieve well in writing, with outcomes above the national average for disadvantaged pupils
• Staff are positive about leaders' actions to manage workload and support wellbeing, and staffing is stable
• Leaders work effectively with parents, the local community and other agencies to improve outcomes

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils, including those with SEND, have gaps in reading, writing and mathematics that are not identified or addressed quickly enough
• Outcomes in mathematics at the end of key stage 2 and in the Year 4 multiplication tables check are below national expectations
• The teaching of early reading does not consistently use a rigorous systematic synthetic phonics programme
• Pupils at an early stage of reading lack regular opportunities to practise and develop fluency
• Leaders lack a clear strategic approach to improving curriculum and teaching, so actions are imprecise and do not tackle root causes
• Professional development for teachers is not coherent or evidence-based enough to develop expertise
• Teaching does not always match learning closely to pupils' needs because teachers do not receive key information about prior knowledge
• Persistent absence remains significantly above the national average, although leaders are working to address this
• Disadvantaged pupils' mathematics outcomes are well below national averages, with a large disadvantage gap

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 Christ Church Church of England Junior School, Ramsgate attended 93.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 22.6% 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, 3.2% of pupils at Christ Church Church of England Junior School, Ramsgate 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 Christ Church Church of England Junior School, Ramsgate had 21.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.2% 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, 13.9% of pupils at Christ Church Church of England Junior School, Ramsgate were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.4% 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 Christ Church Church of England Junior School, Ramsgate received £7,468 and spent £7,255 for each of its 220 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £427,000 (£1,941 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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What is Christ Church Church of England Junior School, Ramsgate's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Christ Church Church of England Junior School, Ramsgate is Needs attention, from an inspection in September 2026.

When was Christ Church Church of England Junior School, Ramsgate last inspected by Ofsted?

Christ Church Church of England Junior School, Ramsgate was last inspected in September 2026.

How many pupils does Christ Church Church of England Junior School, Ramsgate have?

Christ Church Church of England Junior School, Ramsgate has 223 pupils on roll.

What age range does Christ Church Church of England Junior School, Ramsgate cover?

Christ Church Church of England Junior School, Ramsgate for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Christ Church Church of England Junior School, Ramsgate's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 58% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Christ Church Church of England Junior School, Ramsgate?

Christ Church Church of England Junior School, Ramsgate is at London Road, Ramsgate, Kent, CT11 0ZZ.