Herne Bay Infant School

State-Funded School

herne-bay-infant-school-kent-south-east

South EastRegion

KentLocal Authority

Herne Bay and SandwichConstituency

CT6 5SHPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Herne Bay Infant School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–7, located in Kent, South East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 259 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

79%

Asian

Black

10%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Pupils

259

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

39%

England average

27%

First language not English

14%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 7
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 259
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 4 June 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
12 May 2016	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.