Ramsgate Arts Primary School

Ramsgate Arts Primary School continues to perform well as a good school, thriving within the Viking Academy Trust context. With a strong emphasis on creativity, the school offers a broad and ambitious curriculum that includes an extended arts program, earning the admiration of pupils and parents alike. Students express pride in their learning environment and participate enthusiastically in a range of artistic and community activities, showcasing their learning and character development. The dedicated staff support pupils well, ensuring a safe and welcoming school culture where behavior is exemplary.

Strengths

• The school has a broad and ambitious arts curriculum.
• Pupils are friendly, curious, and proud of their school.
• High expectations for pupils' behavior and consistent modeling of school values.
• Strong personal development curriculum with excellent enrichment opportunities.
• Effective safeguarding measures in place.

Areas for Improvement

• Variability in progress in core subjects of reading, writing, and mathematics.

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 Ramsgate Arts Primary School attended 93.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.5% 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, 1.5% of pupils at Ramsgate Arts Primary School 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 Ramsgate Arts Primary School had 18.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.8% 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, 20.0% of pupils at Ramsgate Arts Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.0% 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 Ramsgate Arts Primary School received £6,530 and spent £6,427 for each of its 412 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £12,000 (-£28 per pupil).

Across all 3 schools of Viking Academy Trust, income was £6,168 and spending £6,025 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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Ramsgate Arts Primary School is part of Viking Academy Trust, which runs 3 schools. The nearest others:

• Chilton Primary School Ramsgate
• Upton Junior School Broadstairs

What is Ramsgate Arts Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ramsgate Arts Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Ramsgate Arts Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ramsgate Arts Primary School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Ramsgate Arts Primary School have?

Ramsgate Arts Primary School has 409 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ramsgate Arts Primary School cover?

Ramsgate Arts Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Ramsgate Arts Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Ramsgate Arts Primary School?

Ramsgate Arts Primary School is at 140-144 Newington Road, Ramsgate, Kent, CT12 6PP.