Academy sponsor led · Primary
Sittingbourne · ME10 3BH · Kent
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.4 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 118730
Bapchild and Tonge Church of England Primary School and Nursery
Voluntary aided school · Sittingbourne · ME9 9NL
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 2–11
Pupils
252
Local authority
Kent
Age range
Ages 2–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 2–11, in Sittingbourne, Kent, 252 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 15.7%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Canterbury.
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Overview
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 118730
Location
- Address
- School Lane, Bapchild
- Postcode
- ME9 9NL
- Town
- Sittingbourne
- County
- Kent
- Local authority
- Kent
- District
- Swale
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 252
- Boys / girls
- 132 / 120
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 252 / 210 (120%)
- Free school meals
- 15.7%
- FSM pupils
- 33
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Canterbury
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Christian Kelly
- Telephone
- 01795424143
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Standards maintained
Inspection date
2025-05-12
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 65%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 19%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 105.0