Mundella Primary School

Mundella Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating in all inspected areas. The school prides itself on fostering an inclusive and nurturing environment, ensuring that all students feel safe, happy, and supported. Strong relationships between staff and pupils contribute to a positive culture where pupils are encouraged to excel academically and personally. Notably, the curriculum is ambitious, and pupils have improved in areas such as mathematics and writing. The school is progressing towards becoming an even more effective educational institution, backed by its leadership and multi-academy trust context.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe, happy, and supported in a nurturing environment.
• Strong relationships between staff and pupils enhance the learning experience.
• The curriculum is ambitious and well-structured, promoting academic achievement.
• Pupils show notable improvement in mathematics and writing.
• Inclusive practices ensure support for pupils with SEND and EAL.
• Students appreciate the new playground and school values.

Areas for Improvement

• Some inconsistencies in curriculum implementation hinder checks on pupils' understanding.
• Pupils occasionally lack support in recalling prior learning.

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 Mundella Primary School attended 91.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 30.3% 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, 0.6% of pupils at Mundella 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 Mundella Primary School had 22.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.3% 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, 20.1% of pupils at Mundella Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.2% 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 Mundella Primary School received £8,574 and spent £8,698 for each of its 171 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £45,000 (£265 per pupil).

Across all 3 schools of Veritas Multi Academy Trust, income was £7,643 and spending £7,349 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.

• Primary Schools
• Secondary Schools

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

Mundella Primary School is part of Veritas Multi Academy Trust, which runs 3 schools. The nearest others:

• Warden House Primary School Deal
• Pilgrims' Way Primary School Canterbury

What is Mundella Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Mundella Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Mundella Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Mundella Primary School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Mundella Primary School have?

Mundella Primary School has 184 pupils on roll.

What age range does Mundella Primary School cover?

Mundella Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Mundella Primary School?

Mundella Primary School is at Black Bull Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 5QX.