St Anselm's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 5–11 · Dartford, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.414 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Anselm's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Dartford, Kent for ages 5–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 21 January 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
St Anselm's Catholic Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.414 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place for 2026 lived 0.414 miles away, the 25th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The Reception last distance for 2026 was nearer than in 2025 and further than in 2024, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 31 first-choice applications for 30 offers, with 29 offers going to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families (6%) not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 79% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 17% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Littlebrook Manor Way, Temple Hill, Dartford, DA1 5EA
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 211 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 21 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are enormously proud of their friendly and vibrant school.”
- “They are consistently caring and kind towards each other and show remarkable resilience in their learning.”
- “Pupils grow in confidence through the trusting relationships they build with caring staff.”
To improve
- “However, in some lessons, teachers do not design learning that enables pupils to make deeper connections between linked ideas.”
- “Occasionally, teachers do not ensure that pupils review and improve errors in their work.”
- “This means misconceptions are not always fully addressed.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 79% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 31 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kent.
- Temple Hill Primary Academy 0.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- River Mill Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- The Gateway Primary Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Dartford 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Dartford Bridge Community Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- The Brent Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Westgate Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Dartford 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published