Wilmington Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Dartford, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.273 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Wilmington Primary School is a primary school in Dartford, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 4 December 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Wilmington 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 | 1.273 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, 80% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 20% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 1.273 miles away, the 131st shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 30 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family (3%) was not offered a place.
- Free school meals eligibility is 8% of pupils, against a middle figure of 17.5% 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
- Common Lane, Wilmington, Dartford, DA2 7DF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 212 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 4 December 2024
Strengths
- “Warm and positive relationships are the foundation of this friendly and welcoming school.”
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
- “They are keen to share their successes.”
To improve
- “However, there are a small number of pupils who require more opportunities to deepen their learning and move on to more complex work.”
- “Some pupils are not given enough practice before they move on to more complex learning, however.”
- “This means that they do not consistently have a solid understanding of what they are being taught.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 January 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) | 80% | 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: 30 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.
- Oakfield Primary Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Joydens Wood Infant School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Joydens Wood Junior School 0.9 mi Not judged
- Maypole Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wentworth Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Hextable Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Westgate Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- West Hill Primary Academy 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published