Report card · inspected May 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Kent
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 6 May 2026Report card · 3 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
- 28 September 2021Graded inspection: Outstanding
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry224 applications · 90 places offered · 126 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.5; Kent median median 2.4
- 2025 2.3; Kent median median 2.3
- 2024 2.5; Kent median median 2.4
- 2023 2.9; Kent median median 2.3
- 2022 2.3; Kent median median 2.1
- 2021 2.1; Kent median median 2.2
- 2020 2.4; Kent median median 2.2
- 2019 2.1; Kent median median 2.1
- 2018 2.4; Kent median median 2.1
- 2017 2.0; Kent median median 2.2
- 2016 2.5; Kent median median 2.5
- 2015 2.7; Kent median median 2.4
- 2014 2.1; Kent median median 2.3
- This school
- Kent median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 90 | 224 | 2.5 | 126 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2025 | 90 | 207 | 2.3 | 106 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2024 | 89 | 221 | 2.5 | 111 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2023 | 89 | 255 | 2.9 | 137 | 1.54 |
| Sep 2022 | 91 | 211 | 2.3 | 107 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2021 | 88 | 188 | 2.1 | 92 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2020 | 90 | 213 | 2.4 | 117 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2019 | 89 | 184 | 2.1 | 88 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2018 | 90 | 213 | 2.4 | 133 | 1.48 |
| Sep 2017 | 90 | 183 | 2.0 | 98 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2016 | 90 | 229 | 2.5 | 118 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2015 | 89 | 244 | 2.7 | 121 | 1.36 |
| Sep 2014 | 90 | 190 | 2.1 | 94 | 1.04 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Herne Church of England Infant and Nursery SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.5applications per place
- 0.2 km · KentRemains Outstanding202381%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · KentStandards maintained20252.0applications per place
- 2.2 km · KentGraded · no overall grade202534%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · Kent20265.5applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · KentGood20242.2applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20242.2applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · KentStandards maintained20242.4applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 4.0 km · KentStandards maintained20251.4applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 118710 · 886/3295
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 270 pupils · 318 on roll
- Free school meals
- 14.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Palmer Close, Herne, Herne Bay, CT6 7AH
- Local authority
- Kent · Canterbury
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources