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Sunny Bank Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Sponsored academy
Sunny Bank, Murston, Sittingbourne ME10 3QN · sunnybank.kent.sch.uk · 01795 473891
On the mapSearch near ME10 3QN
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 71%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Kent 62%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 236
- 75% of 315 places
- Local authority
- Kent
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 43.2%
- First language not English
- 23.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 31 families put the school first and 29 places were offered; 87% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 29 | 31 | 1.1▲ | 87% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 31 | 1▲ | 94% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 23 | 16 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 71% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% the higher standard. Across Kent it was 62%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲71% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 142486)
Ofsted
Sunny Bank Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 9 July 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 9 Jul 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Jun 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 142486), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jun 2019Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 142486)
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (46 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 46
- 23% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 85% who raised concerns
based on the 50% who had a child bullied
based on 14 parents (30%) with SEND