Queenborough School and Nursery

Queenborough School and Nursery is performing exceptionally well, showcasing its strong commitment to creating a nurturing and ambitious educational environment. With outstanding ratings across all inspection areas, including the quality of education, behaviour, personal development, leadership, and early years provision, the school has maintained high standards of achievement for its pupils. The school’s values of 'Belong, Expect, Achieve, Thrive' are deeply ingrained in its culture, contributing to a strong sense of community where pupils feel safe and valued. The leadership team's relentless pursuit of academic and personal development opportunities for all pupils has resulted in high levels of engagement and impressive outcomes.

Strengths

• Outstanding collaborative and supportive school culture.
• High expectations and ambition for pupil achievement.
• Effective early years provision focusing on speech and language development.
• Exceptional support for pupils with SEND, ensuring they achieve alongside their peers.
• High-quality curriculum that meets the needs of all learners.
• Strong emphasis on personal development and well-being.
• Consistent and effective teaching of phonics leading to confident readers.

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 Queenborough School and Nursery attended 94.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

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 Queenborough School and Nursery were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

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 Queenborough School and Nursery had 19.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

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, 21.9% of pupils at Queenborough School and Nursery were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

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 Queenborough School and Nursery received £7,399 and spent £7,041 for each of its 450 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £641,000 (£1,427 per pupil).

Across all 9 schools of Ekc Schools Trust Limited, income was £7,396 and spending £7,195 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

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.

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

Queenborough School and Nursery is part of Ekc Schools Trust Limited, which runs 12 schools. The nearest others:

• EKC Sheppey Secondary Sheerness
• Holywell Primary School Sittingbourne
• Teynham Parochial Church of England Primary School Sittingbourne
• Bysing Wood Primary School Faversham
• Thornden Wood Primary School Herne Bay
• East Stour Primary School Ashford
• Aylesham Primary School Canterbury
• Monkton Church of England Primary School Ramsgate
• Minster Church of England Primary School Ramsgate
• The Churchill School Folkestone

What is Queenborough School and Nursery's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Queenborough School and Nursery is Outstanding, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Queenborough School and Nursery last inspected by Ofsted?

Queenborough School and Nursery was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Queenborough School and Nursery have?

Queenborough School and Nursery has 470 pupils on roll.

What age range does Queenborough School and Nursery cover?

Queenborough School and Nursery for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Queenborough School and Nursery's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 85% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Queenborough School and Nursery?

Queenborough School and Nursery is at Edward Road, Queenborough, Kent, ME11 5DF.