Voluntary controlled school · Primary
Herne Bay · CT6 7AH · Kent
Ages 3–7
Status: Open
0.1 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 118736
Herne Church of England Junior School
Voluntary aided school · Herne Bay · CT6 7AL
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 7–11
Pupils
375
Local authority
Kent
Age range
Ages 7–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo 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 7–11, in Herne Bay, Kent, 375 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 15.5%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Canterbury.
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Overview
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 7–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 118736
Location
- Address
- School Lane, Herne
- Postcode
- CT6 7AL
- Town
- Herne Bay
- County
- Kent
- Local authority
- Kent
- District
- Canterbury
- Constituency
- Herne Bay and Sandwich
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Further from 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
- 375
- Boys / girls
- 203 / 172
- School capacity
- 360
- Capacity fill
- 375 / 360 (104%)
- Free school meals
- 15.5%
- FSM pupils
- 58
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No 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 Mal Saunders
- Telephone
- 01227374069
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
School remains Outstanding
Inspection date
2023-12-05
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)
- 87%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 19%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 109.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 108.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 109.0