Priory Infant School
Cannon Road, Ramsgate, CT11 9XT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Clare Sellwood
- Constituency
- East Thanet
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 180
- Pupils on roll
- 124
- URN
- 118416
- Local authority
- Kent
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01843593105
About this school
Priory Infant School is a community primary school in Ramsgate. It teaches children aged 4 to 7 and has 124 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Priory Infant School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 21 June 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Trends over time
How Priory Infant School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 155 |
| 2023/24 | 143 |
| 2024/25 | 157 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Priory Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 10.9% | 51.6% | 124 | — |
| Ellington Infant School | — | 9.3% | 53.9% | 155 | 0.4 miles |
| Christ Church Church of England Junior School, Ramsgate | 58% | 7% | 53.6% | 223 | 0.5 miles |
| St Laurence In Thanet Church of England Junior Academy | 57% | 8.1% | 64.3% | 120 | 0.5 miles |
| St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School | 70% | 5.2% | 37.8% | 205 | 0.6 miles |
| Newlands Primary School | 70% | 7.6% | 65.1% | 257 | 0.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 51.59%
- English as an additional language
- 12.7%
- Overall absence
- 10.86%
- Persistent absence
- 31.48%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Ellington Infant School0.4 miles
Primary · Ramsgate
-
Christ Church Church of England Junior School, Ramsgate0.5 miles
Primary · Ramsgate
-
St Laurence In Thanet Church of England Junior Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Ramsgate
-
St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Ramsgate
-
Newlands Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Ramsgate
Other schools in Ramsgate
- Chilton Primary School Primary
- Christ Church Church of England Junior School, Ramsgate Primary
- Dame Janet Primary Academy Primary
- Ellington Infant School Primary
- Minster Church of England Primary School Primary
- Monkton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Newington Community Primary School Primary
- Newlands Primary School Primary
- Ramsgate Arts Primary School Primary
- St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Laurence In Thanet Church of England Junior Academy Primary
- Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Priory Infant School teach?
- Priory Infant School teaches children aged 4 to 7. It is a primary school in Ramsgate.
- Who is the headteacher of Priory Infant School?
- The headteacher of Priory Infant School is Mrs Clare Sellwood, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Priory Infant School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Priory Infant School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Priory Infant School?
- Priory Infant School has 124 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 7.
- Is Priory Infant School full?
- Priory Infant School has capacity for 180 pupils and 124 on roll (69%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Priory Infant School a faith school?
- No. Priory Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Priory Infant School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Priory Infant School as having no nursery classes.
- What is Priory Infant School's absence rate?
- Priory Infant School's overall absence rate is 10.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Priory Infant School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Priory Infant School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.