Palm Bay Primary School
Academy converterPrimaryAges 5–11Mixed
Palm Bay Avenue, Cliftonville, Margate, CT9 3PP
Headteacher · Miss Gemma Silk
From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 11 September 2026. Report a correction
Key facts
Pupils407Capacity 428
OfstedGraded inspectionInspected 28 January 2025
TrustEkc Schools Trust Limited
Free school meals27%
Ofsted
Inspection on 28 January 2025. Ofsted no longer gives an overall grade.
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementGood
- Early yearsGood
- SafeguardingEffective
Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.
Reception applications close 15 January 2027
For September 2027. Apply through Kent council, not the school. National offer day is 16 April 2027.
How to apply in KentApplications for September 2026
59 of the 72 families who put it first were offered a place.
Places offered60
Applications201
First choice72
First-choice offers59
Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.
Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).
Nearby schools for the same ages
- Cliftonville Primary School0.6 mi
- Northdown Primary School0.8 mi
- Drapers Mills Primary Academy1.3 mi
- Callis Grange Nursery and Infant School1.3 mi
- St Peter-in-Thanet CofE Junior School1.4 mi