Maypole Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Dartford, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.029 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Maypole Primary School is a primary school in Dartford, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Maypole 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 | 3.029 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
- Reception 2026's last distance offered was 3.029 miles, 167th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance; the middle figure was 2.24 miles.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2023; every applicant was offered a place in 1 of the 3 years with a published outcome.
- There were 60 first-choice applications for 60 offers in Reception 2026; 57 offers went to first-choice families and 3 first-choice families (5%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 80% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 17% 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
- Franklin Road, Dartford, DA2 7UZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 410 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 31 March 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at Maypole Primary are happy and eager to come to school.”
- “Each morning, familiar adults welcome them and help them feel ready for the day.”
- “The school’s values are lived throughout the community and give pupils a strong sense of belonging.”
To improve
- “Leaders rightly recognise that some pupils would benefit from securing early reading, writing and number skills sooner.”
- “This would help them meet the demands of the school's ambitious curriculum.”
- “While published outcomes show that pupils achieve well overall, pupils’ fluency in early reading and multiplication tables is not consistently secure.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 May 2026 (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: 60 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 57 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.
- Joydens Wood Junior School 0.3 mi Not judged
- Joydens Wood Infant School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wilmington Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Wentworth Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Hextable Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oakfield Primary Academy 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- West Hill Primary Academy 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Westgate Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published