Birchington Church of England Primary School is a primary school located in Birchington. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 14/01/2016. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading is below average, The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.5%, which is 0.5 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Park Lane, Birchington

School Information

Address: Park Lane, Birchington, CT7 0AS
Website: www.birchington-primary.com/
Telephone: 01843841046
School Type: Voluntary controlled school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Kent
Headteacher / Principal: Ms Kathleen Barham
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 118693

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 14/01/2016

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 5 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 630
Number of Pupils: 465
Number of Boys: 233
Number of Girls: 232

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.5% 4%
Persistent absence: 10.2% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
N/A: -1.9 Confidence interval -3.5 to -0.3
Writing
N/A: 1.5 Confidence interval 0 to 3
Maths
N/A: -1.4 Confidence interval -2.8 to 0

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:65%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:5%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:103
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:104
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Birchington Church of England Primary School
Park Lane , CT7 0AS 		3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
St Saviour's Church of England Junior School
Elm Grove , CT8 8LD 		3out of 4 2,204 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
St Crispin's Community Primary Infant School
St Crispin's Road , CT8 8EB 		3out of 4 2,223 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
King Ethelbert School
Canterbury Road , CT7 9BL 		3out of 4 1,329 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Ursuline College
225 Canterbury Road , CT8 8LX 		3out of 4 1,701 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Llewellyn School and Nursery
Quex Park Estate , Birchington CT7 0BB 		- not rated 470 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Chartfield School
45 Minster Road , CT8 8DA 		- not rated 2,561 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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