Herne Bay Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · Herne Bay, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.675 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Herne Bay Infant School is a primary school in Herne Bay, Kent for ages 3–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 4 June 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Herne Bay Infant School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 1.675 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 1.675 miles away, 174th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle 2.24 miles).
- The 2026 last distance was further than in 2025, the biggest move between its published years, and every applicant was offered a place in 1 of those 3 years.
- 2026 Reception entry saw 56 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 55 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family (2%) was not offered a place.
- 39.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 26.4% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Stanley Road, Herne Bay, CT6 5SH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 259 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 4 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils delight in attending this friendly and caring school.”
- “The school has high expectations of pupils’ achievements.”
- “Children in the early years settle well to life in school.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils struggle to recall key vocabulary learned in some subjects.”
- “This is because the opportunities for pupils to record and rehearse new vocabulary in some subjects are limited.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 July 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 56 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 55 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kent.
- Herne Bay Junior School 0.0 mi Not judged
- Hampton Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Herne Church of England Junior School 1.2 mi School remains Outstanding
- Herne Church of England Infant and Nursery School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thornden Wood Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Reculver Church of England Primary School 2.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hoath Primary School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Swalecliffe Community Primary School 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published