Borden Church of England Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Sittingbourne, Kent·ME9 8JS
Composite score
83.3
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National rank
#77
In South East
#17
In Kent
Top 4%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
94%
% achieving higher RWM
19%
Reading average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
81%
21 first choices, 22 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
63
any preference, for 22 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.7120230.7420240.9520250.952026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Kent does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Borden Church of England Primary School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
124
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
26.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
7.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,847
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Borden Church of England Primary School at a glance

Located in Sittingbourne, Kent, Borden Church of England Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 124 pupils aged 4 to 11. 94% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 5.0 percentage points year on year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 4% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 110 in reading and 109 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 19% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 81% of the families who made Borden Church of England Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 6.6%. There are about 16.9 pupils per teacher. Borden Church of England Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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