Northbourne Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Deal, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.648 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Northbourne Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Deal, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 18 July 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Northbourne 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 | 2.648 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 2024/25, 80% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
- In Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 2.648 miles away; the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 24 first-choice applications for 20 offers; 18 offers went to first-choice families, and 6 first-choice families (25%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility is 5.9% of pupils, against a middle figure of 36.2% 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
- Coldharbour Lane, Northbourne, Deal, CT14 0LP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 136 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 18 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and safe at this nurturing school.”
- “They appreciate the school’s wide-open spaces and enjoy tending the ponies and chickens.”
- “Pupils develop their resilience and practical skills well in the forest school.”
To improve
- “However, in a handful of foundation subjects, the organisation of learning is not as finely tuned.”
- “The key knowledge, and how it is best taught, has not yet been agreed.”
- “In these subjects, some pupils’ work is of a lower quality.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 September 2023 (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) | 80% | 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, 20 offers in total, 18 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.
- Eastry Church of England Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Hornbeam Primary School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sholden Church of England Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Warden House Primary School 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Worth Primary School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Eythorne Elvington Community Primary School 2.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The Downs Church of England Primary School 3.0 mi Good Last distance published