Best Primary Schools in Dover

We checked all 22 primary schools in Dover, Kent, and list every one: 20 ranked, then 2 without a rank.

Schools checked
22
Ranked
20
Without a rank
2

Ranks combine 2024/25 SATs results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Dover. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Dover also has 8 secondary schools, ranked on GCSE results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Kent. Kent also has rankings for Maidstone, Ashford, Canterbury, Gravesend, Sevenoaks and all of Kent.

Ranked primary schools in Dover

  1. 1

    Shepherdswell Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 213 pupils, inspected March 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Expected standard
    82%
    Higher standard
    18%

  2. 2

    Eythorne Elvington Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 111 pupils, inspected December 2022

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Expected standard
    68%
    Higher standard
    16%

  3. 3

    Langdon Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 93 pupils, inspected July 2016

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    79%
    Higher standard
    14%

  4. 4

    Temple Ewell Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 154 pupils, inspected July 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    81%
    Higher standard
    10%

  5. 5

    St Martin's School

    Academy, 183 pupils, inspected March 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    70%
    Higher standard
    13%

  6. 6

    Barton Junior School

    Academy, 202 pupils, inspected October 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    66%
    Higher standard
    5%

  7. 7

    Lydden Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 68 pupils, inspected February 2015

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    75%
    Higher standard
    0%

  8. 8

    River Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 384 pupils, inspected January 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    62%
    Higher standard
    3%

  9. 9

    Whitfield Aspen School

    Local authority maintained, 662 pupils, inspected January 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    46%
    Higher standard
    5%

  10. 10

    St Richard's Catholic Primary School

    Academy, 191 pupils, inspected May 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    69%
    Higher standard
    0%

  11. 11

    Vale View Community School

    Academy, 222 pupils, inspected April 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    60%
    Higher standard
    4%

  12. 12

    Green Park Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 374 pupils, inspected January 2017

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Expected standard
    35%
    Higher standard
    0%

  13. 13

    White Cliffs Primary and Nursery School

    Academy, 277 pupils, inspected May 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    57%
    Higher standard
    0%

  14. 14

    Priory Fields School

    Academy, 319 pupils, inspected June 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    53%
    Higher standard
    2%

  15. 15

    St Margaret's-at-Cliffe Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 171 pupils, inspected January 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    52%
    Higher standard
    0%

  16. 16

    Charlton Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 206 pupils, inspected February 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    45%
    Higher standard
    3%

  17. 17

    Selsted Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 96 pupils, inspected May 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    56%
    Higher standard
    0%

  18. 18

    Aycliffe Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 82 pupils, inspected June 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    46%
    Higher standard
    0%

  19. 19

    Dover, St Mary's Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 161 pupils, inspected July 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    35%
    Higher standard
    0%

  20. 20

    Nonington Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 45 pupils, inspected October 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good
    Expected standard
    0%
    Higher standard
    0%

Primary schools in Dover without a rank