Herne Bay Junior School

State-Funded School

herne-bay-junior-school-kent-south-east

South EastRegion

KentLocal Authority

Herne Bay and SandwichConstituency

CT6 5DAPostcode

1.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Herne Bay Junior School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 7–11, located in Kent, South East.

It currently serves 371 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 42%
Higher standard: 2%
Reading score: 102
Maths score: 100

Ethnicity

White

81%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

371

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

45%

England average

27%

First language not English

12%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 7 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 371
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
7 Sept 2025	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Requires improvement	Not judged
4 Jul 2016	Outstanding	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.