Academy sponsor led · Kent

Horizon Primary Academy

4–11Ages
195Pupils
PrimaryPhase
137136URN

Hilda May Avenue, Swanley, BR8 7BT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodNov 2018

School remains Good (Improving)Ungraded inspection · Apr 2024

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.7per place

0.3 above Kent median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Kent

78 applications for 29 places · 131st of 385 in Kent

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

77%met the expected standard

Kent 65% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodNov 2018

School remains Good (Improving)Ungraded inspection · Apr 2024

Inspection history

24 April 2024
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
14 November 2018
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

2.7applications per place, Reception

0.3 above Kent median (2.4) 0.5 above England median (2.2)

78 applications · 29 places offered · 25 named it first

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

2026 2.7; Kent median median 2.4
2025 2.3; Kent median median 2.3
2024 2.4; Kent median median 2.4
2023 2.6; Kent median median 2.3
2022 2.1; Kent median median 2.1
2021 2.2; Kent median median 2.2
2020 2.2; Kent median median 2.2
2019 2.4; Kent median median 2.1
2018 2.5; Kent median median 2.1
2017 2.1; Kent median median 2.2
2016 2.5; Kent median median 2.5
2015 2.0; Kent median median 2.4
2014 2.1; 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	29	78	2.7	25	0.86
Sep 2025	31	71	2.3	31	1.00
Sep 2024	30	71	2.4	27	0.90
Sep 2023	30	78	2.6	41	1.37
Sep 2022	30	64	2.1	34	1.13
Sep 2021	30	67	2.2	36	1.20
Sep 2020	30	66	2.2	39	1.30
Sep 2019	30	71	2.4	40	1.33
Sep 2018	30	76	2.5	37	1.23
Sep 2017	30	63	2.1	38	1.27
Sep 2016	30	76	2.5	32	1.07
Sep 2015	30	61	2.0	29	0.97
Sep 2014	30	64	2.1	36	1.20

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 88% · Writing 81% · Maths 81% → all three 77% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard77%74th of 421 in Kent

Kent 65% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard88%

Kent 78% England 78%

Higher standard58%

Kent 35% England 33%

Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard81%

Kent 77% England 75%

Greater depth23%

Kent 15% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard81%

Kent 75% England 77%

Higher standard42%

Kent 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 107 (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	77%	23%	108	107
2023/24	82%	11%	107	108
2022/23	86%	11%	107	107

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

Horizon Primary AcademyThis school
This school

Remains Good · improving2024

2.7applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School, Swanley
0.3 km · Kent

Remains Good2022

1.8applications per place
St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
0.8 km · Kent

Good2022

2.2applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
High Firs Primary School
1.1 km · Kent

Good2023

3.5applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
Downsview Community Primary School
1.1 km · Kent

2025

1.3applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
Hextable Primary School
1.7 km · Kent

Remains Good2023

1.9applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
St Pauls' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
1.8 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
Joydens Wood Junior School
2.9 km · Kent

Graded · no overall grade2025

63%met the SATs standard

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

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School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 137136 · 886/2001
Trust: The Kemnal Academies Trust
Capacity: 210 pupils · 195 on roll
Free school meals: 41.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 September 2011
Replaced: Horizon Primary School (URN 135117)
Address: Hilda May Avenue, Swanley, BR8 7BT
Local authority: Kent · Sevenoaks

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