Herne Church of England Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–7 · Herne Bay, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.842 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Herne Church of England Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Herne Bay, Kent for ages 3–7 (voluntary controlled school). Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Herne Church of England Infant and Nursery 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 | 0.842 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 for 2026 lived 0.842 miles away, the 90th shortest of the 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The Reception last distance stayed close to the year before in every year with a published distance, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years.
- Reception 2026 had 126 first-choice applications for 90 offers: 89 offers went to first-choice families and 37 first-choice families (29%) were not offered a place.
- Reception 2026 had 1.4 first choices per offer, the 30th highest of 426 Kent primary schools, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
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
- Palmer Close, Herne, Herne Bay, CT6 7AH
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 318 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 6 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils arrive to a warm welcome from staff every morning.”
- “Staff know pupils well and use their expertise to provide precisely the right support for anyone who may need it.”
- “Pupils are proud to be part of the school.”
To improve
- “In the past, some pupils with gaps in their phonics knowledge struggled to catch up, which hindered their reading fluency.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 126 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 89 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 Church of England Junior School 0.1 mi School remains Outstanding
- Herne Bay Infant School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Herne Bay Junior School 1.3 mi Not judged
- Hoath Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thornden Wood Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Hampton Primary School 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Reculver Church of England Primary School 2.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Water Meadows Primary School 2.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published