Community school · Kent

Downsview Community Primary School

4–11Ages
140Pupils
PrimaryPhase
134515URN

Beech Avenue, Swanley, BR8 8AU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Dec 2025

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.3per place

1.2 below Kent median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Kent

20 applications for 16 places · 381st of 385 in Kent

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

52%met the expected standard

Kent 65% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report card · inspected 2 December 2025Published 1 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Expected standard	Needs attention
Inclusion		Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching			Needs attention
Achievement			Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour			Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing		Expected standard
Early years		Expected standard
Post-16 provision	Does not apply to this school
Leadership and governance		Expected standard

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

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

2 December 2025
Report card · 4 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention
25 April 2023
Graded inspection: Requires improvement
8 January 2020
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

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

1.3applications per place, Reception

1.2 below Kent median (2.4) 0.9 below England median (2.2)

20 applications · 16 places offered · 11 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

2026 1.3; Kent median median 2.4
2025 1.4; Kent median median 2.3
2024 2.5; Kent median median 2.4
2023 2.3; Kent median median 2.3
2022 2.1; Kent median median 2.1
2021 1.5; Kent median median 2.2
2020 1.9; Kent median median 2.2
2019 2.1; Kent median median 2.1
2018 1.9; Kent median median 2.1
2017 2.8; Kent median median 2.2
2016 2.8; Kent median median 2.5
2015 2.5; Kent median median 2.4
2014 2.6; 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	16	20	1.3	11	0.69
Sep 2025	16	23	1.4	5	0.31
Sep 2024	10	25	2.5	9	0.90
Sep 2023	16	36	2.3	14	0.88
Sep 2022	16	33	2.1	15	0.94
Sep 2021	28	42	1.5	24	0.86
Sep 2020	21	40	1.9	17	0.81
Sep 2019	21	43	2.1	19	0.90
Sep 2018	30	57	1.9	28	0.93
Sep 2017	30	84	2.8	31	1.03
Sep 2016	30	83	2.8	27	0.90
Sep 2015	27	68	2.5	26	0.96
Sep 2014	30	79	2.6	32	1.07

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 67% · Writing 85% · Maths 63% → all three 52% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard52%328th of 421 in Kent

Kent 65% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard67%

Kent 78% England 78%

Higher standard19%

Kent 35% England 33%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard85%

Kent 77% England 75%

Greater depth15%

Kent 15% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard63%

Kent 75% England 77%

Higher standard30%

Kent 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 102 (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	52%	11%	104	102
2023/24	65%	3%	104	105
2022/23	37%	0%	100	100

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

Downsview Community Primary SchoolThis school
This school

2025

1.3applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
High Firs Primary School
0.8 km · Kent

Good2023

3.5applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School, Swanley
0.8 km · Kent

Remains Good2022

1.8applications per place
Horizon Primary Academy
1.1 km · Kent

Remains Good · improving2024

2.7applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
1.2 km · Kent

Good2022

2.2applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
St Pauls' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
1.4 km · Kent

Graded · no overall grade2025

5.6applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Crockenhill Primary School
1.9 km · Kent

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.8applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
Hextable Primary School
2.2 km · Kent

Remains Good2023

1.9applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
The Anthony Roper Primary School
3.5 km · Kent

Some aspects not as strong2024

2.4applications per place 51%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 134515 · 886/3896
Capacity: 210 pupils · 140 on roll
Free school meals: 45.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 January 2004
Address: Beech Avenue, Swanley, BR8 8AU
Local authority: Kent · Sevenoaks

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