Fleetdown Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Dartford, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.694 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Fleetdown Primary Academy is a primary school in Dartford, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 25 March 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Fleetdown 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 | 3.694 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 in 2026 lived 3.694 miles away, the 129th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 67 first-choice applications for 76 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 9 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 2% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Lunedale Road, Darenth, Dartford, DA2 6JX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 636 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 25 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils at the school are safe, happy and play an active part in their community.”
- “They embody the school’s ‘together everyone achieves more’ philosophy.”
- “They value inclusivity and feel that kindness underpins all parts of their school life.”
To improve
- “However, staff who are newer to the school have not yet fully benefited from this.”
- “Consequently, across the school there are some differences in how effective teaching is.”
- “However, the school’s impact on the attendance and punctuality of disadvantaged pupils is limited.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 May 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) | 64% | 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, 76 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.
- The Brent Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- The Gateway Primary Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stone St Mary's CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Dartford 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Anselm's Catholic Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Temple Hill Primary Academy 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Oakfield Primary Academy 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Greenlands Primary School 1.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published