River Mill Primary School
Primary · Free schools · Ages 3–11 · Dartford, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.533 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
River Mill Primary School is a primary school in Dartford, Kent for ages 3–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 5 December 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
River Mill 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 | 1.533 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 distance offered for Reception 2026 was 1.533 miles, 159th shortest of the 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- The biggest swing in the Reception last distance came between 2025 and 2026, moving further from the school, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 published years.
- Reception 2026 drew 58 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 56 went to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families (3%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 83% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Central Road, Dartford, DA1 5XR
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 407 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 5 December 2023
Strengths
- “Relationships between staff and pupils are very positive.”
- “Through the school’s well-understood values, pupils are taught to be kind, respectful and a good friend.”
- “They treat each other well and value the highly supportive adults in the school.”
To improve
- “However, in a couple of subjects, the curriculum is not planned with the same high degree of precision as in the strongest.”
- “This means that occasionally, pupils do not develop a consistently deep level of learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 March 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) | 83% | 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: 58 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 56 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.
- Temple Hill Primary Academy 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Anselm's Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Dartford Bridge Community Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, Dartford 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Dartford 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Westgate Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Dartford 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- West Hill Primary Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published