Callis Grange Nursery and Infant School
Community primary school in Broadstairs (Kent).
Location
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iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Callis Grange Nursery and Infant School is a co-educational Local Authority community school for children aged three to seven years. We have a Nursery on site with 26 places. There are three Reception classes, three Year 1 classes and three Year 2 classes, each with 30 pupils.
There is a carefully planned induction for all our pupils on entry, when transferring from year group and from our school to Junior School. On reaching the age of seven, the pupils mainly transfer to St. Peter's CE Junior School, which is situated on our site and is a link school for the purposes of admissions only. Some pupils transfer to Upton Junior School in Broadstairs.
Callis Grange's Vision and Ethos Callis Grange Nursery and Infant School is a co-educational Local Authority community school for children aged three to seven years.
Enrichment
4 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Cooking
- Dance
- Music
- Forest School
Awards
3 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Eco SchoolsEnvironment
- Healthy SchoolsHealth and wellbeing
- Eco Schools Green FlagEnvironment
Key facts
- URN
- 118406
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Kent
- Constituency
- East Thanet
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
Governing body (7 current, 1 former)
Maintained school governing body.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Stephen Beale | Chair of Governors | Nominated by LA and appointed by GB | since 2026 · until 2030 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reverend Matthew Hodder | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Alice Hood | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Claire Jones | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr James Tomlinson | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Siobhan Nancarrow | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Jack Kirkby | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Victoria Palmer-Simpson Former | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record