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Northbourne Church of England Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 136 pupils Deal
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Northbourne Church of England Primary School is an academy converter in Deal for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 136 pupils on roll. In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Church of England
Address Coldharbour Lane
Northbourne
Deal
Kent
CT14 0LP
Phone 01304611376
Reference Number 147055

General Makeup

Number of pupils 136
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 62.5%
Girls: 37.5%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 5.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 1.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 27.2
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 25
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 13 7 20
2 11 9 20
3 13 7 20
4 12 7 19
5 13 5 18
6 12 7 19

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 90.4%
White, Other 3.7%
Unclassified 3.7%
White & Asian 0.7%
White & Black (African) 0.7%
Mixed, Other 0.7%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 18 Jul 2023 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
18 Jul 2023 School inspection
05 Apr 2019 Academy conversion letter
14 Sep 2016 Short inspection
Previously as Northbourne Church of England Primary School
25 Jan 2012 Full inspection:
13 Oct 2010 Monitoring visit
10 Dec 2008 Full inspection:
04 Oct 2004 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 80%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 0%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 108
Maths 108

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 1.8
Writing -2
Maths -1.8

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Progress Scores

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 16 2
Third Preference 13 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Northbourne Church of England Primary School had 131 pupils for 140 places. 9 places (6.4%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Primary - Sandwich and Eastry” planning area

Kent counted 89 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 95 in 2029–30, up 7%.

201920212022202320242025
Places 140140140140140140
Pupils 121123125131131131
Unfilled 13.6%12.1%10.7%6.4%6.4%6.4%

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Northbourne Church of England Primary School attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.2%5.6%4.1%4.0%3.3%
Unauthorised absence 0.3%0.8%0.9%0.7%1.1%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Northbourne Church of England Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.80.01.50.80.0
Permanent exclusions 000000

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Northbourne Church of England Primary School had 20.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 11.610.29.49.78.68.410.1
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%0.0%0.0%15.4%0.0%0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave –37.5%88.9%22.2%42.9%37.5%–
Sick days per teacher –5.88.90.30.74.8–

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 7.4% of pupils at Northbourne Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Autistic spectrum disorder 4 1
Moderate learning difficulty 3 0
Speech, language and communication needs 1 1
Specific learning difficulty 1 1
Hearing impairment 0 1
Social, emotional and mental health 1 0

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Northbourne Church of England Primary School received £6,795 and spent £7,052 for each of its 131 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £149,000 (-£1,134 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of Deal Education Alliance for Learning Trust, income was £7,157 and spending £7,204 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £46,000£29,000-£1,000-£46,000-£102,000-£149,000
per pupil £359£235-£6-£347-£766-£1,134
In-year balance £3,000-£10,000£28,000-£4,000-£39,000-£34,000
per pupil £20-£84£222-£28-£290-£257

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

Name Distance
Eastry Church of England Primary School
Cooks Lea, Eastry, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 0LR
2.09 miles
Hornbeam Primary School
Mongeham Road, Deal, Kent, CT14 9PQ
2.13 miles
Sholden Church of England Primary School
London Road, Sholden, Deal, Kent, CT14 0AB
2.14 miles
St Mary's Catholic Primary School
St Richard's Road, Deal, Kent, CT14 9LF
2.3 miles
Warden House Primary School
Birdwood Avenue, Deal, Kent, CT14 9SF
2.46 miles
The Davenport School
The Lodge, Foxborough Hill, Eastry, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 0NY
2.58 miles
Worth Primary School
The Street, Deal, Kent, CT14 0DF
2.82 miles
Eythorne Elvington Community Primary School
Adelaide Road, Eythorne, Dover, Kent, CT15 4AN
2.94 miles
The Downs Church of England Primary School
Owen Square, Walmer, Deal, Kent, CT14 7TL
2.97 miles
Deal Parochial Church of England Primary School
Gladstone Road, Walmer, Deal, Kent, CT14 7ER
3.13 miles
Sandown School
Golf Road, Deal, Kent, CT14 6PY
3.3 miles
Sandwich Junior School
St Bart's Road, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 0AS
3.46 miles
Langdon Primary School
East Langdon, The Street, Dover, Kent, CT15 5JQ
3.53 miles
Kingsdown and Ringwould Church of England Primary School
Glen Road, Kingsdown, Deal, Kent, CT14 8DD
3.85 miles
Sandwich Infant School
School Road, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 9HT
4.05 miles
Nonington Church of England Primary School
Church Street, Nonington, Dover, Kent, CT15 4LB
4.33 miles
Whitfield Aspen School
Mayfield Road, Whitfield, Dover, Kent, CT16 3LJ
4.36 miles
Goodnestone Church of England Primary School
The Street, Goodnestone, Canterbury, Kent, CT3 1PQ
4.52 miles
Shepherdswell Church of England Primary School
Coldred Road, Shepherdswell, Dover, Kent, CT15 7LH
4.62 miles
St Faith's At Ash School Limited
5 the Street, Ash, Canterbury, Kent, CT3 2HH
4.68 miles
Name Distance
Northbourne Park School
Betteshanger, DEAL, CT14 0NW
0.85 miles
Ripplevale School
Chapel Lane, Ripple, Deal, Kent, CT14 8JG
2.22 miles
Brewood Secondary School
86 London Road, Deal, Kent, CT14 9TR
2.92 miles
Goodwin Academy
Hamilton Road, Deal, CT14 9BD
2.98 miles
Sandwich Technology School
Deal Road, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 0FA
3.22 miles
Learning Opportunities Centre Secondary
Ringwould Road, Ringwould, Deal, Kent, CT14 8DW
3.3 miles
Beech Grove School
FOREST DRIVE, NONINGTON, DOVER, KENT, CT15 4FB
3.69 miles
Sir Roger Manwood's School
Manwood Road, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 9JX
3.74 miles
Dover Christ Church Academy
Melbourne Avenue, Dover, CT16 2EG
4.86 miles

All schools in Deal · Kent local authority: places and applications

Northbourne Church of England Primary School is part of Deal Education Alliance for Learning Trust, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does Northbourne Church of England Primary School have?

Northbourne Church of England Primary School has 136 pupils on roll.

What age range does Northbourne Church of England Primary School cover?

Northbourne Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Northbourne Church of England Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Northbourne Church of England Primary School?

Northbourne Church of England Primary School is at Coldharbour Lane, Northbourne, Deal, Kent, CT14 0LP.

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