Dartford Bridge Community Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Dartford, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.504 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Dartford Bridge Community Primary School is a primary school in Dartford, Kent for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 27 February 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Dartford Bridge 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 | 0.504 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
- For Reception in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.504 miles away, the 41st shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.24 miles).
- That Reception distance was about the same as in 2025 and further than in 2023. In 1 of the 4 years with a published outcome, every applicant was offered a place.
- For Reception in 2026, there were 66 first-choice applications for 60 offers. 58 offers went to first-choice families, and 8 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 79% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd lowest 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
- Community Campus, Birdwood Avenue, Dartford, DA1 5GB
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 473 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 27 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy being part of this happy, inclusive school.”
- “They appreciate belonging to a diverse community where different cultures and beliefs are celebrated.”
- “Pupils value the rich opportunities this brings to learn about other people’s faiths and customs.”
To improve
- “These rightly include aspects of the early years curriculum that is not yet implemented as effectively as leaders intend, or as well as the curriculum across the rest of the school.”
- “However, not all staff develop children’s language and communication well enough.”
- “They do not consistently engage children in purposeful conversations to enhance their language and enrich their play.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 April 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) | 79% | 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: 66 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 58 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 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- River Mill Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Anselm's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, Dartford 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Dartford 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Gateway Primary Academy 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Dartford 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Westgate Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published