Primary school in Dover, Kent
Guston Church of England Primary School
Burgoyne Heights, Guston, Dover, Kent, CT15 5LR
Ofsted
Remained Good at its last ungraded inspection, on 21 October 2021.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 4 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Places
- 180
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Dover 012B, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 23%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 17%
- Households owning their home
- 57%
- Households in social housing
- 12%
- Households with no car
- 8%
- Adults economically inactive
- 40%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- THE DIOCESE OF CANTERBURY ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Deby Day
- Local authority
- Kent
- Ward
- Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe
- Constituency
- Dover and Deal
- URN
- 152387
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Richard's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2022 | 69% | 0.6 mi |
| Charlton Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Good 2023 | 45% | 0.7 mi |
| Barton Junior SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2024 | 66% | 0.8 mi |
| Dover, St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | No grade | 35% | 0.9 mi |
| Shatterlocks Infant and Nursery SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | — | 1 mi |
| Green Park Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Outstanding 2023 | 35% | 1 mi |
| Priory Fields SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2024 | 53% | 1.3 mi |
| White Cliffs Primary and Nursery SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2024 | 57% | 1.4 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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