Entries on this page include the OFSTED Grade for each Primary School updated twice a year, also recording change from previous Inspection result, together with some other relevant information below. It is worth using the search engine on the Home Page to pick up other references to individual schools.

You will find advice on Primary school Admissions and Appeals here. 

You can read the full Report on each Primary School at OFSTED. Each school is awarded a main Grade: Outstanding, Good, Requires Improvement (previously Satisfactory), and Inadequate (two sub categories - A school that has serious weaknesses is inadequate overall and requires significant improvement but leadership and management are judged to be Grade 3 or better - A school that requires special measures is one where the school is failing to give its pupils an acceptable standard of education and the school’s leaders, managers or governors have not demonstrated that they have the capacity to secure the necessary improvement in the school). Each Report carries a brief description of the school before justifying its decision in more detail. If a school is in Special Measures or Serious Weaknesses, the results of further monitoring visits are noted.

A majority of the schools that have previously had a 'Good' or 'Outstanding' assessment are given a Short Inspection (known as Section 8). These are indicated by 'Good (S). These will be confirmed in their assessment grade. However for some of these schools, the Inspection Team may consider that there are concerns, or in the case of a Good school, grounds for raising the Grade and this can only be done by a full Section Five Grade. These are recorded for example as  'Outstanding (SC) or 'Good (SR). 

You will find an analysis of oversubscription and vacancies for  Sittingbourne and Sheppey Primary Places for September 2019 Allocations here and here, for 2018 here, for 2017 here, and for 2016 here.

You will find a commercial site providing a comprehensive analysis of  different 11 Plus exams, preparation and appeals at 11 Plus Exams.

Reports on Inspections between between September 2019 and February 2020 are in the first table, followed by other tables containing older ones.

(A) Indicates the school is an Academy (2017 onwards)   

SITTINGBOURNE AND SHEPPEY PRIMARY SCHOOL OFSTED REPORTS Sep 2019- Feb 2020
School	OFSTED Grade	Date	Change
Milton Court (A)	Good	Sep 19	Up one

  

SITTINGBOURNE AND SHEPPEY PRIMARY SCHOOL OFSTED REPORTS Sep 18 - Jul 19
School	OFSTED Grade	Date	Change
Bapchild & Tonge	Good	Jul 19	No change
Eastchurch CofE*	Requires Improvement	Jul 19	Down one
Kemsley (A)	Good (S)	Feb 19	No change
Lower Halstow	Good	Mar 19	No change
Lynsted and Norton (A)	Requires Improvement	Sep 18	No change
Newington	Good	May 19	No change
Richmond (A)	Requires Improvement	Jan 19	No change
St Edward's Catholic (A)**	Good	May 19	Up two
St George's CofE Aided (A)	Good (S)	Oct 18	No change
Sunny Bank (A)***	Special Measures	Jun 19	Down
Westlands (A)	Good (S)	Jun 19	No change

  *The small Eastchurch CofE Primary School in Sheppey is spread across two sites  in Eastchurch and Leysdown. This has proved very costly, running with two headteachers, and in 2017 whilst KCC were forcing cuts on the school in order to make it viable, both headteachers resigned. The school has been struggling ever since. According to Ofsted: 'Leadership is vulnerable. Both leadership and staffing since the previous inspection have been turbulent, with a number of successive headteachers having been in post.'

**St Edward's Catholic Primary School in Sheppey has been failing for many years, having failed to make progress from being placed in Special Measures in 2013 (see tables below). It has now been academised and is run by Kent Catholic Schools Partnership, which has a good record in turning failed Catholic schools round. 

*** Sunny Bank Primary School is run by the Local Authority being formed by the amalgamation of two KCC schools in 2016 and remaining under the control of KCC. Murston Infant School 's most recent Ofsted Report was Good, Murston Junior School Requires Improvement. This proved a disaster, with Ofsted recording: 'Over the past three years, weak and turbulent leadership has prevented the school from improving'. Will surely become an academy. 

SITTINGBOURNE AND SHEPPEY PRIMARY SCHOOL OFSTED REPORTS 2017-18
School	OFSTED Grade	Date	Change
Canterbury Road	Good	Jan 18	No change
Grove Park	Good	Nov 17	No change
Holywell	Good	Nov 17	No change
Lansdowne (A)	Good	Sep 17	No change
Regis Manor	Good	Mar 18	No change
Teynham Parochial CofE	Good	Feb 18	No change
Thistle Hill*	Requires Improvement	Jun 18	1st Inspection

 *Thistle Hill Academy was the central school of the appalling Lilac Sky Academy Trust which closed amidst poor standards and large debts as money vanished. Transferred to Stour Valley Academy Trust, Ofsted Report shows school improving from poor base. 

SITTINGBOURNE AND SHEPPEY PRIMARY SCHOOL OFSTED REPORTS 2016-17
School	OFSTED Grade	Date	Change
Bobbing Village	Outstanding	May 17	Up one
Bredgar CofE	Good	Jan 17	No change
Hartlip Endowed CofE	Good	Nov 16	No change
Iwade (A)	Good	May 17	No change
Milstead & Frinsted (A)	Good	Mar 17	No change
Milton Court	Requires Improvement	Mar 17	No change
Queenborough	Outstanding	Mar 17	Up one
Rose Street	Good	Apr 17	No change
South Avenue	Good	May 17	Up Two
West Minster	Good	Nov 16	Up one

 

SITTINGBOURNE & SHEPPEY PRIMARY SCHOOL OFSTEDS 2015-16
Oaks Community Infant	Good	Jan 16	No change
Lynsted and Norton (A)	Requires Improvement	May 16	No change
Tunstall CofE (Aided)	Outstanding	Mar 16	Up one

SITTINGBOURNE & SHEPPEY PRIMARY SCHOOL OFSTEDS 2014-15
Bapchild & Tonge	Good	Apr 15	Up one
Eastchurch CofE	Good	May 15	Up one
Halfway Houses, Sheerness	Good	Apr 15	Up one
Kemsley Primary Academy	Good	Feb 15	Up two
Lower Halstow	Good	Apr 15	Up one
Milton Court Primary Academy	Requires Improvement	Jan 15	No change
Murston Junior	Requires Improvement	Dec 14	Down one
Newington CofE	Good	May 15	Up one
St Edward's Catholic, Sheppey	Not enough progress to remove SM		Nov 14
	Not enough progress to remove SM		Mar 15
	Requires Improvement	Jun 15	Up one
Westlands (A)	Reasonable progress to removal of SM		Oct 14
	Good	May 15	Up two
West Minster, Sheerness	Requires Improvement	Dec 14	No change

SITTINGBOURNE & SHEPPEY PRIMARY SCHOOL OFSTEDS 2013-14
School	OFSTED Grade	Date	Change
Lansdowne	Special Measures	Oct 13	Down two
	School Action Plan fit for Purpose LA Statement of Action fit for purpose		Jan 14
	Inadequate progress from SM		May 14
St Edward's Catholic, Sheerness	Insufficient progress for removal of SM		Dec 13
	reasonable progress for removal of SM		Mar 14
Minterne Community Junior	Good	Apr 14	Down one
South Avenue Junior	Insuff progress for removal of Serious Weaknesses		Sep 13
Westlands	Serious Weaknesses	Dec 13	Down one
	The school’s action plan is fit for purpose. The trust’s statement of action is fit for purpose		Apr 14

 St Edward's position is so difficult that KCC have instituted an Interim Executive Board, to replace the Governing Body in preparation for the school being taken over as an a academy. 

South Avenue Junior is being taken over by Fulston Manor School as a Sponsored Academy. 

SITTINGBOURNE & SHEPPEY PRIMARY SCHOOL OFSTEDS 2012-13
School	OFSTED Grade	Date	Change
Bapchild & Tonge CofE	Satisf prog from NtoI		Sep 12
	Requires Improvement	May 2013	Up one
Bobbing Village	Good	Nov 12	Up one
Canterbury Road	Good	Sep 12	Up one
Eastchurch CofE VC	Requires Improvement	May 13	Down one
Grove Park	Good	Jul 13	Up one,  1st inspection as academy
Halfway Houses	Requires Improvement	Apr 13	No change
Holywell	Good	Apr 13	Up one
Iwade Community	Good	Oct 12	Up one
Kemsley	Good progress from SM (see below)		Mar 2013
Lower Halstow	Requires Improvement	May 13	Down one
Minster in Sheppey	Good	Dec 12	Up one
Murston Infant	Good	Jan 13	Up one
Newington CofE	Requires Improvement	May 13	No change
Richmond	Satisf Prog from SM	Dec 12
	Requires Improvement	Jul 13	Up one
Rose Street	Good	Dec 12	Up one
St Edward's Catholic	Special Measures	Mar 13	Down one
	Inadequate prog from SM	Jul 13	LA statement not fit for purpose. School plan not fit for purpose.
St George's CofE (Aided)	Good	Mar 13	Up one
South Avenue Junior	Special Measures	Jan 13	Down One
	First Monitoring	Mar 13	LEA statement fit for purpose School plan not fit for purpose
Teynham Parochial CofE	Good	May 13	Up one
West Minster	Requires Improvement	Dec 12	No change

Kemsley Primary School: After its good progress from Special Measures report, Kemsley Primary has still been taken over as a Sponsored Academy in April. 

Pre September 2012 Reports

School	Grade	Date	Further Infn
Bapchild & Tonge CofE Primary	Notice to Improve	Mar 2012
Bredgar CofE Primary	Good	Feb 2012
Hartlip Endowed CofE Primary	Good	Feb 2012
Holywell Primary, Upchurch	Satisfactory	Feb 2011
Iwade Community Primary	Satisfactory	Oct 2010
Kemsley Primary	Special Measures	Jul 2012
Lansdowne Primary	Good	May 2011
Lynsted & Norton Primary	Good	Mar 2011
Milton Court Primary	Special Measures	Nov 2009	Inadequate progress May 2010,Satisfactory Progress, Nov 2010, Good Progress Mar 2011
Milton Court Primary	Satisfactory	Jun 2011
Milstead & Frinsted CofE Primary	Satisfactory	Jun 2010
Minster in Sheppey Primary	Satisfactory	Jun 2010
Minterne Community Junior	Outstanding	Mar 2011
Murston Infant	Satisfactory	Jun 2011
Newington Primary	Satisfactory	Jul 2011
The Oaks Community Infant	Good	Jun 2011
Queenborough, Sheppey	Good	Nov 2011
Richmond Primary, Sheerness	Notice to Improve	Jul 2010	Satisfactory Progress, Mar 2011, see below
Richmond Primary, Sheerness	SpecialMeasures	Oct 2011	Satisfactory Progress Feb 2012, Mixed prog Jun 2012
Rodmersham School	Outstanding	Oct 2011
Rose Street Primary, Sheerness	Satisfactory	Jun 2010
St George's CofE Primary, Minster	Satisfactory	Feb 2011
South Avenue Infant	Good	Jun 2011
South Avenue Junior	Satisfactory	May 2011
Teynham Parochial CofE Primary	Satisfactory	Jun 2011
Tunstall CofE (Aided) Primary	Good	Jul 2011
Westlands Primary,  Sittingbourne,	Satisfactory	Jan 12
West Minster Primary, Sheerness	Satisfactory	Jun 2010