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Queenborough School and Nursery
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Edward Road, Queenborough ME11 5DF · queenborough.kent.sch.uk · 01795 662574
On the mapSearch near ME11 5DF
Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 85%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Kent 62%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 470
- 50 over 420 places · 112%
- Local authority
- Kent
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 35.7%
- First language not English
- 6.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 56 families put the school first and 56 places were offered; 100% 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 | 56 | 56 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 59 | 74 | 1.3▲ | 80% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 79 | 1.3▲ | 76% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 86 | 1.4▲ | 69% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 63 | 1.1▲ | 92% |
Results
In 2024/25, 85% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 15% 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 | |||
| ▲85% | 62% | ||
| ▲15% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲111 | 106 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
| ▲111 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 118345)
Ofsted
Queenborough School and Nursery was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 3 July 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Outstanding
- Inspected
- 3 Jul 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Jan 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 118345), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2022Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Oct 2016Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 118345)
Nov 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 118345)
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (46 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 46
- 10% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 30% who had a child bullied
based on 15 parents (33%) with SEND