Drapers Mills Primary Academy
Academy sponsor led primary school in Margate (Kent).
KS2 RWM expected
51%
▼ 11pp England 2024/25: 62%
2024/25
Reading expected
57%
▼ 18pp England 2024/25: 75%
2024/25
Maths expected
51%
▼ 23pp England 2024/25: 74%
2024/25
Writing expected
60%
▼ 12pp England 2024/25: 72%
2024/25
Attendance rate
87.3%
▼ 7pp England 2024/25: 94.8%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
27.3
▲ 6.6 England 2025/26: 20.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
76.4%
▲ 52pp England 2025/26: 24.9%
school census 15/01/2026
Capacity
59%
246 / 420 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Compare measures over time
Where each figure sits
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| Measure | Latest year | This school | In England | In Kent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence | 2024/25 | 12.7% | 39th highest of 16,262 | 4th highest of 454 |
| Unauthorised absence | 2024/25 | 7% | 14th highest of 16,262 | 3rd highest of 454 |
| Pupils suspended at least once | 2024/25 | 15.5% | 11th highest of 16,268 | 2nd highest of 454 |
| Suspensions per 100 pupils | 2024/25 | 54.9 | - | - |
| Permanent exclusions | 2024/25 | 0.00% | - | - |
| Eligible for free school meals (census) | 2025/26 | 76.4% | 19th highest of 16,710 | the highest of 459 |
| Any SEN | 2025/26 | 26.8% | joint 2,728th highest of 16,706 (43 schools have the same figure) | joint 63rd highest of 459 (3 schools have the same figure) |
| SEN support | 2025/26 | 23.2% | joint 2,018th highest of 16,706 (36 schools have the same figure) | joint 57th highest of 459 (3 schools have the same figure) |
| Education, health and care plans | 2025/26 | 3.7% | joint 7,783rd highest of 16,706 (254 schools have the same figure) | joint 112th highest of 459 (10 schools have the same figure) |
| Teachers (FTE) | 2024/25 | 15.2 | - | - |
| Teachers (headcount) | 2024/25 | 16 | - | - |
| Teaching assistants (FTE) | 2024/25 | 7.9 | - | - |
| Pupils per teacher | 2024/25 | 19.5 | joint 10,793rd highest of 16,147 (156 schools have the same figure) | joint 296th highest of 454 (7 schools have the same figure) |
| Pupils per adult | 2024/25 | 10.8 | joint 7,883rd highest of 16,163 (297 schools have the same figure) | joint 159th highest of 454 (10 schools have the same figure) |
| Teacher turnover | 2024/25 | 46.1% | 522nd highest of 16,165 | 10th highest of 454 |
| Teachers taking sickness absence | 2024/25 | 87.5% | - | - |
| Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers) | 2024/25 | 6.3 | - | - |
| Key stage 2 expected standard | 2024/25 | 51% | joint 11,292nd highest of 14,270 (120 schools have the same figure) | joint 343rd highest of 429 (4 schools have the same figure) |
| Places | 2023/24 | 630 | - | - |
| Pupils | 2023/24 | 298 | - | - |
| Unfilled places | 2023/24 | 52.7% | - | - |
| Key stage 2 reading progress | 2022/23 | -3.5 | - | - |
| Key stage 2 writing progress | 2022/23 | -2.6 | - | - |
| Key stage 2 maths progress | 2022/23 | -5.6 | - | - |
"Nth highest of N" counts the schools of the same type in the same school year that have a figure, with the highest figure first. It says where a figure sits, not whether it is good: for absence and suspensions lower is usually better, while free school meals and special needs reflect who the school serves. Where other schools have exactly the same figure the position is called "joint" and the number of schools with that figure is given. A dash means no position is held, because only one school has a figure or every school has the same figure.
Ofsted inspections
- 07/07/2026 (school year 2025/26): Report card (no overall grade)
- 13/03/2018 (school year 2017/18): Good
- 19/01/2016 (school year 2015/16): Requires improvement
Figures: the yearly series on this page. Positions: open schools in England, built 2026-10-27 from the DfE releases held by WhatSchool (school census, absence, exclusions, workforce, key stage 2 and 4), Open Government Licence v3.0. Ofsted dates: Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026. DfE has not published key stage 2 progress since 2022/23, so each progress measure has one year.
Attendance and behaviour
iAbsence is the share of possible sessions (half days) missed, for full academic years (no 2019/20 figure is published). Pupils suspended at least once and permanent exclusions are shares of pupils; suspensions per 100 pupils counts every suspension. 2020/21 and 2021/22 were affected by COVID-19.Overall absence12.7% 2024/25
This school
5.4%
2016/17
6.3%
2017/18
7.3%
2018/19
12.8%
2020/21
14.4%
2021/22
13.8%
2022/23
14.5%
2023/24
12.7%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence7% 2024/25
This school
3.6%
2016/17
4%
2017/18
4.8%
2018/19
10.5%
2020/21
9.1%
2021/22
7.7%
2022/23
8.1%
2023/24
7%
2024/25
Pupils suspended at least once15.5% 2024/25
This school
3%
2017/18
3.4%
2018/19
2%
2019/20
3.1%
2020/21
4.4%
2021/22
10.3%
2022/23
11.2%
2023/24
15.5%
2024/25
Suspensions per 100 pupils54.9 2024/25
This school
6.1
2017/18
5.6
2018/19
2.2
2019/20
5.4
2020/21
8.6
2021/22
23.3
2022/23
27.9
2023/24
54.9
2024/25
Permanent exclusions0.00% 2024/25
This school
0.00%
2017/18
0.00%
2018/19
0.00%
2019/20
0.00%
2020/21
0.00%
2021/22
0.00%
2022/23
0.00%
2023/24
0.00%
2024/25
Pupils
iPupils eligible for free school meals (FSM) and special educational needs (SEN) are shares of all pupils on roll in the January census.Eligible for free school meals (census)76.4% 2025/26
This school
49.2%
2019/20
64%
2020/21
60.8%
2021/22
66.1%
2022/23
71.7%
2023/24
69%
2024/25
76.4%
2025/26
Any SEN26.8% 2025/26
This school
17.1%
2019/20
23.3%
2020/21
20.7%
2021/22
17.3%
2022/23
23.8%
2023/24
22.7%
2024/25
26.8%
2025/26
SEN support23.2% 2025/26
This school
16.3%
2019/20
20.7%
2020/21
17.4%
2021/22
14.5%
2022/23
20.1%
2023/24
19.9%
2024/25
23.2%
2025/26
Education, health and care plans3.7% 2025/26
This school
0.9%
2019/20
2.6%
2020/21
3.3%
2021/22
2.7%
2022/23
3.7%
2023/24
2.9%
2024/25
3.7%
2025/26
Staff
iTeacher numbers are full-time equivalents (FTE) or headcount from the November school workforce census. Turnover is the share of teachers who left in the year.Teachers (FTE)15.2 2024/25
This school
30.8
2017/18
28.5
2018/19
24.5
2019/20
24.9
2020/21
19.8
2021/22
16.4
2022/23
16.4
2023/24
15.2
2024/25
Teachers (headcount)16 2024/25
This school
34
2017/18
31
2018/19
26
2019/20
26
2020/21
21
2021/22
17
2022/23
17
2023/24
16
2024/25
Teaching assistants (FTE)7.9 2024/25
This school
27.8
2017/18
25.7
2018/19
23.3
2019/20
21.0
2020/21
12.8
2021/22
10.0
2022/23
16.7
2023/24
7.9
2024/25
Pupils per teacher19.5 2024/25
This school
18.0
2017/18
19.0
2018/19
20.6
2019/20
16.6
2020/21
19.1
2021/22
20.1
2022/23
17.5
2023/24
19.5
2024/25
Pupils per adult10.8 2024/25
This school
7.7
2017/18
8.4
2018/19
8.1
2019/20
7.6
2020/21
9.9
2021/22
11.1
2022/23
7.6
2023/24
10.8
2024/25
Teacher turnover46.1% 2024/25
This school
12.9%
2017/18
18.7%
2018/19
10.6%
2019/20
18.1%
2020/21
37.4%
2021/22
61%
2022/23
24.4%
2023/24
46.1%
2024/25
Teachers taking sickness absence87.5% 2024/25
This school
55.6%
2016/17
63.6%
2017/18
56.3%
2018/19
34.6%
2020/21
39.1%
2021/22
56.5%
2022/23
80%
2023/24
87.5%
2024/25
Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers)6.3 2024/25
This school
2.4
2016/17
4.8
2017/18
3.1
2018/19
3.4
2020/21
2.0
2021/22
10.5
2022/23
6.6
2023/24
6.3
2024/25
Results
iKey stage 2: pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Key stage 4: Attainment 8 (average points across eight subjects) and Progress 8.Key stage 2 expected standard51% 2024/25
This school
21%
2022/23
18%
2023/24
51%
2024/25
Places
iPlaces and pupils come from the school capacity survey, so pupil numbers can differ from the January census figure.Places630 2023/24
This school
630
2015/16
630
2016/17
630
2017/18
630
2018/19
630
2020/21
630
2021/22
630
2022/23
630
2023/24
Pupils298 2023/24
This school
512
2015/16
507
2016/17
488
2017/18
468
2018/19
376
2020/21
351
2021/22
323
2022/23
298
2023/24
Unfilled places52.7% 2023/24
This school
18.7%
2015/16
19.5%
2016/17
22.5%
2017/18
25.7%
2018/19
40.3%
2020/21
44.3%
2021/22
48.7%
2022/23
52.7%
2023/24
All the numbers
iA dash means no published figure for that year. Each year is a school year, for example 2024/25 is September 2024 to August 2025.Yearly series held by WhatSchool from DfE school census, absence, exclusions, workforce, capacity and performance table releases. Series end at different years because DfE publishes them on different timetables. Latest-year values here can differ from the headline on another tab where DfE has revised a figure.Scroll sideways for more
| Measure | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence | - | - | 5.4% | 6.3% | 7.3% | - | 12.8% | 14.4% | 13.8% | 14.5% | 12.7% | - |
| Unauthorised absence | - | - | 3.6% | 4% | 4.8% | - | 10.5% | 9.1% | 7.7% | 8.1% | 7% | - |
| Pupils suspended at least once | - | - | 2.4% | 3% | 3.4% | 2% | 3.1% | 4.4% | 10.3% | 11.2% | 15.5% | - |
| Suspensions per 100 pupils | - | - | 4.2 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 2.2 | 5.4 | 8.6 | 23.3 | 27.9 | 54.9 | - |
| Permanent exclusions | - | - | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | - |
| Eligible for free school meals (census) | - | - | - | - | - | 49.2% | 64% | 60.8% | 66.1% | 71.7% | 69% | 76.4% |
| Any SEN | - | - | - | - | - | 17.1% | 23.3% | 20.7% | 17.3% | 23.8% | 22.7% | 26.8% |
| SEN support | - | - | - | - | - | 16.3% | 20.7% | 17.4% | 14.5% | 20.1% | 19.9% | 23.2% |
| Education, health and care plans | - | - | - | - | - | 0.9% | 2.6% | 3.3% | 2.7% | 3.7% | 2.9% | 3.7% |
| Teachers (FTE) | - | 32.2 | 31.0 | 30.8 | 28.5 | 24.5 | 24.9 | 19.8 | 16.4 | 16.4 | 15.2 | - |
| Teachers (headcount) | - | 33 | 33 | 34 | 31 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 16 | - |
| Teaching assistants (FTE) | - | 28.1 | 30.9 | 27.8 | 25.7 | 23.3 | 21.0 | 12.8 | 10.0 | 16.7 | 7.9 | - |
| Pupils per teacher | - | 19.9 | 19.7 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 20.6 | 16.6 | 19.1 | 20.1 | 17.5 | 19.5 | - |
| Pupils per adult | - | 8.2 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 9.9 | 11.1 | 7.6 | 10.8 | - |
| Teacher turnover | 34.7% | 40.4% | 17.4% | 12.9% | 18.7% | 10.6% | 18.1% | 37.4% | 61% | 24.4% | 46.1% | - |
| Teachers taking sickness absence | 65.9% | 46.3% | 55.6% | 63.6% | 56.3% | - | 34.6% | 39.1% | 56.5% | 80% | 87.5% | - |
| Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers) | 9.4 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 3.1 | - | 3.4 | 2.0 | 10.5 | 6.6 | 6.3 | - |
| Key stage 2 expected standard | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21% | 18% | 51% | - |
| Places | 630 | 630 | 630 | 630 | 630 | - | 630 | 630 | 630 | 630 | - | - |
| Pupils | 497 | 512 | 507 | 488 | 468 | - | 376 | 351 | 323 | 298 | - | - |
| Unfilled places | 21.1% | 18.7% | 19.5% | 22.5% | 25.7% | - | 40.3% | 44.3% | 48.7% | 52.7% | - | - |
Where this school sits in England
iEach figure is placed among state-funded primary schools in England that report it for the same school year. "Higher than 70% of schools" means 70 in every 100 schools have a lower figure. This describes where a figure sits, not whether it is good: for absence and suspensions lower is usually better, while free school meals and special needs reflect who the school serves. It is not a ranking of the school.Scroll sideways for more
| Measure | This school | Year | Position | Schools compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence | 12.7% | 2024/25 | Higher than 100% of schools | 15,967 |
| Unauthorised absence | 7% | 2024/25 | Higher than 100% of schools | 15,967 |
| Pupils suspended at least once | 15.5% | 2024/25 | Higher than 100% of schools | 15,971 |
| Pupils per teacher | 27.3 | 2025/26 | Higher than 96% of schools | 16,358 |
| Pupils per adult | 17.7 | 2025/26 | Higher than 99% of schools | 16,358 |
| Teacher turnover | 46.1% | 2024/25 | Higher than 97% of schools | 15,868 |
| Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers) | 6.3 | 2024/25 | Higher than 79% of schools | 15,016 |
| Eligible for free school meals (census) | 76.4% | 2025/26 | Higher than 100% of schools | 16,436 |
| Special educational needs | 26.8% | 2025/26 | Higher than 83% of schools | 16,436 |
| Education, health and care plans | 3.7% | 2025/26 | Higher than 52% of schools | 16,436 |
| English as an additional language | 43.5% | 2025/26 | Higher than 86% of schools | 16,436 |
| Pupils on roll | 246 | year not recorded | Higher than 56% of schools | 16,437 |
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See also: Results · Disadvantage