Birchington Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5–11 · Birchington, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
6.861 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Birchington Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Birchington, Kent for ages 5–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 25 February 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Birchington 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 | 6.861 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
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 6.861 miles away, the 56th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 47 first-choice applications for 51 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 49% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Park Lane, Birchington, CT7 0AS
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 422 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 25 February 2025
Strengths
- “Birchington is a happy, welcoming school.”
- “Pupils are happy here, feel safe and know that they have staff they can talk to if they have concerns.”
- “Strong, warm relationships pervade this setting.”
To improve
- “At times, these are not as sharply connected to what pupils need to know as they could be.”
- “Where this happens, pupils do not gain the same developed understanding of key concepts as they do in other areas.”
- “While the provision to support pupils with SEND is mostly strong across the school, in some instances learning is not adapted well enough to meet the needs of some pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 March 2025 (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) | 49% | 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: 47 first-preference applications, 51 offers in total, 47 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 Saviour's Church of England Junior School 1.3 mi School remains Good
- St Crispin's Infant School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Garlinge Primary School and Nursery 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Monkton Church of England Primary School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Minster Church of England Primary School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Nicholas At Wade Church of England Primary School 2.8 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Margate 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Salmestone Primary School 3.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published