Temple Hill Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Dartford, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.481 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Temple Hill Primary Academy is a primary school in Dartford, Kent for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 26 November 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Temple Hill 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 | 1.481 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 Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 1.481 miles from the school, the 149th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance.
- In 2024/25, 60% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
- For Reception 2026 there were 67 first-choice applications for 72 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 39.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 15.7% 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
- St Edmund's Road, Temple Hill, Dartford, DA1 5ND
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 850 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 26 November 2024
Strengths
- “Everyone is welcome at this friendly, inclusive school.”
- “Pupils from a wide range of backgrounds and cultures get along together well.”
- “They focus on what they have in common and are interested and respectful about each other’s lives and beliefs.”
To improve
- “Outcomes across the school are rising but some pupils still struggle to write as well as they should for their ages.”
- “However, pupils do not always have a wide range of opportunities to write across the curriculum for different purposes.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 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) | 60% | 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: 67 first-preference applications, 72 offers in total, 67 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 Anselm's Catholic Primary School 0.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- River Mill Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Dartford Bridge Community Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Dartford 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Gateway Primary Academy 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Brent Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, Dartford 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Dartford 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published