Horizon Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Swanley, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.635 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Horizon Primary Academy is a primary school in Swanley, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 24 April 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Horizon Primary Academy 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 | 0.635 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 0.635 miles away, the 68th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- Reception last distances were about the same in 2026 as 2024 and further than in 2023, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years.
- Reception 2026 had 25 first-choice applications for 29 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Among 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent that have results, its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the highest.
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
- Hilda May Avenue, Swanley, BR8 7BT
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 195 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Inspected 24 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils achieve exceptionally well.”
- “By the end of key stage 2, many pupils achieve the highest standards in reading, writing and mathematics.”
- “Pupils thrive due to excellent relationships and a shared commitment by staff to ensure that all lessons have a strong impact on pupils’ learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 May 2024 (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) | 77% | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 25 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.
- St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School, Swanley 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- High Firs Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Downsview Community Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hextable Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Pauls' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Crockenhill Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Joydens Wood Junior School 1.8 mi Not judged