Warden House Primary School
Birdwood Avenue, Deal, CT14 9SF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- VERITAS MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Principal
- Mrs Zoe Cooper
- Sponsor
- Veritas Multi Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Dover and Deal
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 380
- URN
- 139186
- Local authority
- Kent
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01304375040
About this school
Warden House Primary School is a primary academy in Deal. It teaches children aged 5 to 11 and has 380 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Warden House Primary 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
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 88 | 51 | 54 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 49% | 37% | 42% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 65% | 61% | 72% |
| Expected standard in maths | 66% | 55% | 56% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 70% | 57% | 54% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 101.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -3.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.90 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Warden House Primary 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 | Kent average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 49% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 37% | 60.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 42% | 60.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 437 |
| 2023/24 | 392 |
| 2024/25 | 399 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Warden House Primary School compares
Warden House Primary School ranked 394th of 427 primary schools in Kent for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 13% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 32% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 42% | 6.4% | 42.6% | 380 | — |
| Hornbeam Primary School | 58% | 5.8% | 38.1% | 207 | 0.3 miles |
| Sholden Church of England Primary School | 73% | 6% | 27.9% | 91 | 0.4 miles |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | 69% | 4.6% | 29.8% | 182 | 0.6 miles |
| Deal Parochial Church of England Primary School | 69% | 7.2% | 41.2% | 207 | 0.8 miles |
| The Downs Church of England Primary School | 48% | 6% | 38.4% | 316 | 0.9 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)
- 42.61%
- English as an additional language
- 3.3%
- Overall absence
- 6.4%
- Persistent absence
- 17.09%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hornbeam Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Deal
-
Sholden Church of England Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Deal
-
St Mary's Catholic Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Deal
-
Deal Parochial Church of England Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Deal
-
The Downs Church of England Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Deal
Other schools in Deal
Warden House Primary School ranks 9th of the 10 ranked primary schools in Deal.
- Deal Parochial Church of England Primary School Primary
- Hornbeam Primary School Primary
- Kingsdown and Ringwould Church of England Primary School Primary
- Northbourne Church of England Primary School Primary
- Sandown School Primary
- Sholden Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School Primary
- The Downs Church of England Primary School Primary
- Worth Primary School Primary
- Goodwin Academy Secondary
- Brewood Secondary School Special schools
- Learning Opportunities Centre Secondary Special schools
Common questions
- What ages does Warden House Primary School teach?
- Warden House Primary School teaches children aged 5 to 11. It is a primary school in Deal.
- Who is the principal of Warden House Primary School?
- The principal of Warden House Primary School is Mrs Zoe Cooper, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Warden House Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Warden House Primary 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 Warden House Primary School?
- Warden House Primary School has 380 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- Is Warden House Primary School full?
- Warden House Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 380 on roll (90%), 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 Warden House Primary School a faith school?
- No. Warden House Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Warden House Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Warden House Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Is Warden House Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Warden House Primary School is part of VERITAS MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Warden House Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 49% in 2022/23 and 42% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Warden House Primary School compare with other schools in Kent?
- Warden House Primary School ranked 394th of 427 primary schools in Kent for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 13% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 32% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Warden House Primary School's absence rate?
- Warden House Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Warden House Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Warden House Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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 1 July 2026.