Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Dartford
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Dartford, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.543 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Dartford is a primary school in Dartford, Kent for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 17 June 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Dartford 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 | 0.543 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 Reception 2026 last distance offered was 0.543 miles, the 47th shortest of the 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- The Reception last distance has swung sharply between some years, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 40 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families, and 12 first-choice families (30%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 85% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 24% 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
- King Edward Avenue, Dartford, DA1 2HX
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 219 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 17 June 2025
Strengths
- “Expectations are high at this vibrant and inclusive school.”
- “Pupils strive to meet these expectations and are well supported to do so successfully.”
- “They work hard and attain highly.”
To improve
- “Despite this, the school has not ensured that the curriculums in early years and key stage 1 connect cohesively.”
- “As a result, children do not always have the knowledge they need to build on as they move on to key stage 1.”
- “Sometimes, however, they miss opportunities to either address misconceptions or deepen pupils thinking.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 July 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) | 85% | 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: 40 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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.
- West Hill Primary Academy 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Westgate Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, Dartford 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- River Mill Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Wentworth Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Oakfield Primary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Dartford 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Temple Hill Primary Academy 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published