Dartford Science & Technology College
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–18 · Dartford, Kent
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.534 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Dartford Science & Technology College is a secondary school in Dartford, Kent for ages 11–18 (foundation school). Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Dartford Science & Technology College 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.534 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 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 Year 7 place in 2026 lived 1.534 miles away, the 12th shortest of 56 Kent secondary schools with a published last distance.
- For Year 7 entry, the 2026 last distance was about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2023, having swung sharply between some years.
- For Year 7 entry in 2026 there were 172 first-choice applications for 148 offers; 122 offers went to first-choice families and 50 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 55% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Kent.
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
- Heath Lane, Dartford, DA1 2LY
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 857 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 21 April 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are known as individuals at this warm and welcoming school.”
- “The school's values support pupils to develop positive character traits.”
- “Pupils are encouraged to be creative, kind, brave, resilient and curious.”
To improve
- “In the sixth form, outcomes in academic qualifications have been below the national average, although students who undertake vocational qualifications achieve close to the national average at the end of key stage 5.”
- “However, pupils are less secure in their knowledge of some aspects of the citizenship curriculum.”
- “For example, leaders have identified that outcomes in academic qualifications at the end of key stage 5 are not high enough.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 55% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 49.1 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | D+ | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 172 first-preference applications, 148 offers in total, 122 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kent.
- Dartford Grammar School for Girls 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dartford Grammar School 0.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Wilmington Grammar School for Girls 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Wilmington Grammar School for Boys 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Wilmington 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Leigh UTC Dartford 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stone Lodge School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published