Herne Bay Junior School
Primary schoolHerne Bay Junior School is a primary school in Canterbury, for pupils aged 7 to 11. It had 371 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 17 June 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 34% of pupils at Herne Bay Junior School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in Kent and 62% in England.
2% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Kent | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 34% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 2% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 98 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Herne Bay Infant SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, June 202560 m
- Herne Bay High SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), May 2022. Attainment 8 of 35.5 (2025/26, provisional)1.4 km
- Hampton Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade. 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.8 km
- SALT COLLEGESpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file1.9 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Canterbury
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).