Borden Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Sittingbourne, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.536 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Borden Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Sittingbourne, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 12 November 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Borden 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 | 1.536 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
- Reception 2026: last distance offered 1.536 miles, the 160th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 2.24 miles.
- Reception's 2026 last distance was further from the school than in 2025, and every applicant was offered a place in 1 of the 3 Reception years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 21 first-choice applications for 22 offers; 17 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (19%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 94% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 19% 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
- School Lane, Borden, Sittingbourne, ME9 8JS
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 138 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 12 November 2024
Strengths
- “This is a happy and welcoming school.”
- “The values of love, hope and forgiveness are interwoven across all aspects of school life.”
- “Strong nurturing relationships exist between staff and pupils.”
To improve
- “However, on a few occasions, checking what pupils know is not timely enough.”
- “This means some pupils have gaps in their learning, and this hampers their progress.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 December 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) | 94% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 22 offers in total, 17 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.
- Grove Park Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Westlands Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bobbing Village School 1.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Minterne Junior School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- The Oaks Infant School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Tunstall Church of England (Aided) Primary School 1.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Newington Church of England Primary School 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published