Queenborough School and Nursery
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Queenborough, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
6.534 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Queenborough School and Nursery is a primary school in Queenborough, Kent for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 3 July 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Queenborough School and Nursery 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 | 6.534 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 Reception place for 2026 went to a child living 6.534 miles away, the 63rd longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The Reception last distance has swung sharply, most between 2025 and 2026, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 56 first-choice applications for 56 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 85% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd 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
- Edward Road, Queenborough, ME11 5DF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 470 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 3 July 2023
Strengths
- “The Queenborough values of ‘Belong, Expect, Achieve, Thrive’ reverberate strongly throughout this highly ambitious and exceptional school.”
- “They are deeply embedded in the school’s culture and lived up to by pupils.”
- “Pupils love school, feel very safe and thoroughly enjoy learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 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) | 85% | 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: 56 first-preference applications, 56 offers in total, 56 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.
- West Minster Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Halfway Houses Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Edward's Catholic Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Rose Street Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Richmond Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Thistle Hill Academy 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Minster in Sheppey Primary School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Georges CofE (Aided) Primary School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published