Birchington Church of England Primary School
Voluntary controlled primary school in Birchington (Kent).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
Our School values are interwoven into everything we do here at Birchington. Recently, the children designed postcards to visually represent our Values. The winners designs were professionally printed and are sent out to parents when children from across the school show excellent examples of living our values or produce some amazing work. Our school parable is The Lost Sheep.
We chose this because it underpins our Christian Vision and School Values. In this parable, Jesus tells the story of a shepherd that left his 99 sheep and searched everywhere for his one missing sheep, not giving up until it was safely back with its flock. He then rejoiced over its return.
In Birchington CE Primary School, we work to ensure members of our school community all feel safe, valued and able to flourish, just like the lost sheep in the parable. Our commitment to pastoral care and wellbeing ensures everyone is well supported and loved.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
12 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Computing
- Creative Writing
- Lego
- Minecraft
- Music
- Netball
- Stem
- Table Tennis
- Tennis
- Choir
- Numbots
- Forest School
Awards
5 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Anti-Bullying CharterRecognised award
- International School AwardRecognised award
- School Games MarkSport
- School Games Mark GoldSport
- Stonewall School ChampionLGBT+ inclusion
Key facts
- URN
- 118693
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Kent
- Constituency
- Herne Bay and Sandwich
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
Governing body (8 current, 5 former)
Maintained school governing body.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Loraine Bant | Chair of Governors | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon Page | Governance Professional - Local Authority Maintained SchoolGovernance professional | since 2026 | |
| Mr Harvey James Robert Ovenden | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Jonathan Richard James Forwood | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Louise Elizabeth Wilson | Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2024 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
| Mr Philip Morley | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Tina Joyce Seymour | Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Reverend Mark Peter Ham | Governor | Ex-officio foundation governor (appointed by foundation by virtue of the office they hold) | since 2020 |
| Mrs Holly Davis-Chapman Former | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Linda Joan Walkerdine Former | Governance Professional - Local Authority Maintained SchoolGovernance professional | since 2025 · term ended 2026 | |
| Mrs Samantha Michelle Stanton Former | Governor | Appointed by LA | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
| Miss Abigail Kate Fowler Former | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Anthony Walker-Banfield Former | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · term ended 2025 |
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