Kent College Nursery, Infant and Junior School
Kent College Nursery, Infant and Junior School is an independent school in Canterbury for boys and girls aged 2 to 11. It has 204 pupils and room for 240.
Harbledown, Canterbury, Canterbury, CT2 9AQ01227 762436kentcollege.comMr Simon James headteacherAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Kent council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 204 | 210 | 224 | 222 | 202 | 184 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 12% | 10% | 10% | 8% | 21% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Canterbury Primary School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 421 | Good 2022 | 9 | Compare |
| The Canterbury Academy | Academy | 0.8 miles | 1,984 | Report card 2026 | 23 | Compare |
| Kent College (Canterbury) | Independent | 0.9 miles | 507 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Kent College International Study Centre | Independent | 0.9 miles | 10 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St Edmund's School Canterbury | Independent | 0.9 miles | 523 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Bemix | Special post 16 institution | 1.1 miles | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Blean Primary School | Council | 1.2 miles | 449 | Outstanding 2022 | 98 | Compare |
| Wincheap Foundation Primary School | Foundation | 1.4 miles | 429 | Good 2021 | 59 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Kent College Nursery, Infant and Junior School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Kent College Nursery, Infant and Junior School yet.
How many pupils does Kent College Nursery, Infant and Junior School have?
204 pupils aged 2 to 11 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 240 places, so it is 85% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Harbledown, Canterbury, Canterbury, CT2 9AQ
- Telephone
- 01227 762436
- Website
- www.kentcollege.com
- Headteacher
- Mr Simon James
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 2-11, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Kent
- Ward
- Chartham & Stone Street
- Constituency
- Canterbury
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 23 September 1980
- URN
- 119020 · LAESTAB 8866069 · UKPRN 10080525
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.