Burham Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Rochester, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.783 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Burham Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Rochester, Kent for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 26 June 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Burham Church of England Primary 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 | 2.783 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 2.783 miles away, the 177th longest of the 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- That 2026 distance was further from the school than in 2025, the biggest move between any of the published years.
- There were 24 first-choice applications for 27 Reception offers in 2026; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 70% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Bell Lane, Burham, Rochester, ME1 3SY
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 179 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 26 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at this school.”
- “They talk confidently about what respect means and why it is important.”
- “The new school values of ‘SHINE’ (success, happiness, independence, new experiences and engagement) and the school’s Christian values of ‘CRAFT’ (compassion, responsibility, acceptance, forgiveness and trust) have been embedded well by the new leadership team.”
To improve
- “This is because, in a few subjects, there needs to be clearer links between what pupils learn, the way that they learn it and how teachers can check that they have learned it.”
- “In other subjects, such as history, there is some further work to do.”
- “In these subjects, pupils often remember activities instead of the specific knowledge that they have learned.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 July 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 70% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 24 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 24 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.
- St Mark's Church of England Primary School, Eccles 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wouldham, All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Valley Invicta Primary School at Holborough Lakes 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Tunbury Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Katherine's School & Nursery 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Snodland CofE Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford 2.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published