Community school · Kent

Bean Primary School

4–11Ages
204Pupils
PrimaryPhase
118266URN

School Lane, Bean, Dartford, DA2 8AW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodNov 2019

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Apr 2025

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.3per place

close to Kent median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Kent

68 applications for 30 places · 219th of 385 in Kent

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

63%met the expected standard

Kent 65% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodNov 2019

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Apr 2025

The graded inspection, 5 November 2019Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Inspection history

30 April 2025
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
5 November 2019
Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

2.3applications per place, Reception

close to Kent median (2.4) close to England median (2.2)

68 applications · 30 places offered · 31 named it first

2026 2.3; Kent median median 2.4
2025 2.5; Kent median median 2.3
2024 2.2; Kent median median 2.4
2023 2.4; Kent median median 2.3
2022 1.9; Kent median median 2.1
2021 2.0; Kent median median 2.2
2020 2.1; Kent median median 2.2
2019 1.5; Kent median median 2.1
2018 1.7; Kent median median 2.1
2017 2.3; Kent median median 2.2
2016 2.7; Kent median median 2.5
2015 2.9; Kent median median 2.4
2014 3.1; Kent median median 2.3

This school
Kent median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	30	68	2.3	31	1.03
Sep 2025	30	75	2.5	33	1.10
Sep 2024	30	67	2.2	28	0.93
Sep 2023	30	72	2.4	37	1.23
Sep 2022	26	50	1.9	24	0.92
Sep 2021	23	45	2.0	20	0.87
Sep 2020	15	31	2.1	13	0.87
Sep 2019	20	30	1.5	15	0.75
Sep 2018	30	52	1.7	32	1.07
Sep 2017	30	70	2.3	39	1.30
Sep 2016	30	82	2.7	35	1.17
Sep 2015	30	88	2.9	25	0.83
Sep 2014	30	93	3.1	35	1.17

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 83% · Writing 73% · Maths 73% → all three 63% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard63%224th of 421 in Kent

Kent 65% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard83%

Kent 78% England 78%

Higher standard33%

Kent 35% England 33%

Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard73%

Kent 77% England 75%

Greater depth17%

Kent 15% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard73%

Kent 75% England 77%

Higher standard30%

Kent 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Kent median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	63%	13%	107	106
2023/24	61%	6%	106	102
2022/23	71%	13%	107	105

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Bean Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Standards maintained2025

2.3applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
Leigh Academy Cherry Orchard
1.8 km · Kent

2026

5.0applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
Greenlands Primary School
1.9 km · Kent

2026

1.5applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
Ebbsfleet Green Primary School
2.2 km · Kent

Good2023

3.9applications per place 97%met the SATs standard
Manor Community Primary School
2.5 km · Kent

Remains Good2024

1.8applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
Sedley's Church of England Primary School
2.5 km · Kent

Good2023

2.3applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Stone St Mary's CofE Primary School
2.5 km · Kent

Standards maintained2025

2.4applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
The Craylands School
2.6 km · Kent

Standards maintained2025

2.5applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
Knockhall Primary School
2.6 km · Kent

2026

0.7applications per place 62%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 118266 · 886/2120
Capacity: 210 pupils · 204 on roll
Free school meals: 24.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address: School Lane, Bean, Dartford, DA2 8AW
Local authority: Kent · Dartford

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources