Downsview Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Swanley, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.001 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Downsview Community Primary School is a primary school in Swanley, Kent for ages 4–11 (community school). Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Downsview Community 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 | 1.001 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
- In 2024/25, 52% of pupils (England 62%) met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, while 11% (England 8%) reached the higher standard.
- The last distance offered for Reception 2026 was 1.001 miles, the 105th shortest of the 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- Reception 2026 had 11 first-choice applications for 16 offers, 0.7 first choices per offer, the 16th lowest of 426 Kent primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Some 45.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, compared with a middle figure of 21.4% across the 8 nearest primary 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
- Beech Avenue, Swanley, BR8 8AU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 140 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 45.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 2 December 2025
Strengths
- “Downsview Community Primary is an inclusive and welcoming school.”
- “Pupils relish the opportunities they have to learn and play together.”
- “Many come into school happily each morning, keen to get the day started.”
To improve
- “While pupils enjoy school, many still do not attend regularly enough.”
- “Variations in how well the curriculum is taught means that pupils do not achieve as well as they should.”
- “While pupils with barriers to their learning, such as those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, are supported well, the outcomes for pupils at this school are below those published nationally.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 March 2026 (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) | 52% | 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: 11 first-preference applications, 16 offers in total, 11 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.
- High Firs Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School, Swanley 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Horizon Primary Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Pauls' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Crockenhill Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hextable Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Anthony Roper Primary School 2.1 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published