Displaying items by tag: Primary Reception Pressures
Gravesham Primary Schools
Updated May 2020
Coronavirus; There are a number of articles on this site exploring the implications of the pandemic on school applications and appeals. You will find them by putting 'Coronavirus' in the search engine on the top left hand corner of this page. This page contains outcomes of Ofsted Inspections carried out up until 4th February 2020, the last ones published before schools were closed. I estimate about another 10 will have been completed but results are waiting until schools are opened, which may not be until September. I think it most unlikely there will be any more this school year.
Entries on this page include the OFSTED Grade for each Primary School updated twice a year, also recording change from previous Inspection result, together with some other relevant information below. It is worth using the search engine on the Home Page to pick up other references to individual schools.
You will find advice on Primary school Admissions and Appeals here.
You can read the full Report on each Primary School at OFSTED. Each school is awarded a main Grade: Outstanding, Good, Requires Improvement (previously Satisfactory), and Inadequate (two sub categories - A school that has serious weaknesses is inadequate overall and requires significant improvement but leadership and management are judged to be Grade 3 or better - A school that requires special measures is one where the school is failing to give its pupils an acceptable standard of education and the school’s leaders, managers or governors have not demonstrated that they have the capacity to secure the necessary improvement in the school). Each Report carries a brief description of the school before justifying its decision in more detail. If a school is in Special Measures or Serious Weaknesses, the results of further monitoring visits are noted.
A majority of the schools that have previously had a 'Good' or 'Outstanding' assessment are given a Short Inspection (known as Section 8). These are indicated by 'Good (S). These will be confirmed in their assessment grade. However for some of these schools, the Inspection Team may consider that there are concerns, or in the case of a Good school, grounds for raising the Grade and this can only be done by a full Section Five Grade. These are recorded for example as 'Outstanding (SC) or 'Good (SR).
You will find an analysis of oversubscription and vacancies for Gravesham Primary Places for September 2019 Allocations here, for 2018 here, for 2017 here, and for 2016 here.
You will find a commercial site providing a comprehensive analysis of different 11 Plus exams, preparation and appeals at 11 Plus Exams.
Reports on Inspections between between September 2019 and July 2020 are in the first table, followed by other tables containing older ones.
(A) Indicates the school is an Academy (2017 onwards)
GRAVESHAM PRIMARY SCHOOLS
OFSTED REPORTS Sep 2019 - July 2020
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School |
OFSTED Grade |
Date | Change |
Cecil Road
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Good (S)
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Dec 19
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No change
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Copperfield* |
Effective Action Monitoring
after Special Measures
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Feb 20 | |
Vigo | Good (S) | Nov 19 | No Change |
Westcourt | Good (S) | Nov 19 | No change |
* Put Copperfield in Search Engine for further information. Early allocation information has Copperfield with 42 LAAs and still 19 free places out of its 90.
GRAVESHAM PRIMARY SCHOOLS
OFSTED REPORTS Sep 2018 - July 2019
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School |
OFSTED Grade |
Date | Change |
Copperfield (A)* | Special Measures | Jan 19 | Down one |
Culverstone (A) | Good (S) | Oct 18 | No change |
Holy Trinity CofE VA
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Good
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Sep 18
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Up one
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Istead Rise (A)**
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Good
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Sep 18
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Up two
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Meopham Community (A)
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Good (S)
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Oct 18
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No change
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Riverview Infant (A)
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Good (S)
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Oct 18
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No change
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*Copperfield Academy has had a dreadful record for as long as I have run this website, most recently covered here. You will find a positive Monitoring Report here.
** Istead Rise has also had a dreadful history both as a KCC school and being run by Meopham Community Trust. Now run by Swale Academies Trust and Good for the first time. See Ofsted record below.
GRAVESHAM
PRIMARY SCHOOL OFSTED REPORTS 2017-18
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School |
OFSTED Grade |
Date | Change |
Higham | Good | Jun 18 | No change |
Kings Farm | Good | May 18 | Up one |
Lawn
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Good
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Nov 17
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No change
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Rosherville CofE Academy (A)
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Good
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Nov 16
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No change
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Shears Green Junior
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Good
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Nov 17
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No change
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Shorne CofE (A)
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Good
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Oct 17
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No change
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Singlewell
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Good
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Nov 17
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No change
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St Botolph's CofE (A)
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Good
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Sep 17
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No change
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St John's Catholic | Good | Apr 18 | No change |
Item on Copperfield Academy here
GRAVESHAM
PRIMARY SCHOOL OFSTED REPORTS 2016-17
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School |
OFSTED Grade |
Date | Change |
Wrotham Road Primary | Good | July 16 | Up one |
Sedley's Cof E VA Primary | Good | Nov 16 | No change |
Copperfield Academy | Requires Improvement | Sept 16 |
Up one
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Chantry Community Academy | Good | Dec 16 | Up two |
Whitehill Primary | Good | Jan 17 | No change |
Tymberwood Academy | Good | Feb 17 | Up two |
Shears Green Infant | Good | Mar 17 | No change |
Painters Ash Primary | Good | Jun 17 | Up one |
GRAVESHAM PRIMARY SCHOOLS
OFSTED REPORTS 2015-16
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School |
OFSTED Grade |
Date | Change |
Cecil Road | Good | May 16 | Up one |
Chantry | Effective action to remove SM | Dec 15 | |
Holy Trinity CofE VA | Requires Improvement | Mar 16 | No change |
Kings Farm* |
Effective action to remove SM | Sep 15 | |
Effective action to remove SM | Jan 16 | ||
Requires Improvement | May 16 | Up one | |
Riverview Junior | Requires Improvement | May 16 | No change |
Vigo Village | Good | Feb 16 | no change |
* Article on renaissance of Kings Farm here.
Excerpt from Gravesham section of article on oversubscription and vacancies in Kent primary schools 2015: "Gravesend and Northfleet families have most difficulties across Kent in finding good schools for their children".
GRAVESHAM PRIMARY SCHOOLS
OFSTED REPORTS 2014-15
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School |
OFSTED Grade |
Date | Change |
Chantry* | Special Measures | May 15 | Down one |
Culverstone Green | Good | Sep 14 | No change |
Istead Rise | Not enough progress to removal of SM | Nov 14 | |
Kings Farm** |
Special Measures | Oct 14 | Down one |
LA Statement of Action fit for purpose
School Action Plan fit for purpose
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Jan 15 | ||
Reasonable Progress to remove SM | May 15 | ||
Meopham Community Academy | Good | Nov 14 | Down one |
Painters Ash | Requires Improvement | Feb 15 | No change |
*Chantry: See article here.
**Kings Farm: See article on Inspection Report here. Further article on Whitehill and Kings Farm here.
Information from Oversubscription Survey of Kent primary schools, for entry September 2014.
Next up is probably Gravesham, and certainly the town where I have had most concerns expressed (Sevenoaks parents may be used to it!). Quite simply, there are just two vacancies in the whole urban district of Gravesend and Northfleet, and 12 in the rural south at Vigo. Every other one of the 24 other schools is full. The two Catholic schools, St John’s in Gravesend (second in Kent), and St Joseph’s in Northfleet (last year’s most oversubscribed school) account for 86 first choices turned away. Here 129 children, 10% of the total applicants, were offered no school of their choice, five schools all of whom have had difficult histories, mopping up the large majority of these, headed up by Whitehill, with a remarkable 30 Local Authority Allocations out of its 90 places. No extra places created to tackle this issue, although I have been warning about it for some years.
GRAVESHAM PRIMARY SCHOOLS
OFSTED REPORTS 2013-14
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School |
OFSTED Grade |
Date | Change |
Higham |
Good |
Oct 13 | Up one |
Holy Trinity CofE VA |
Requires Improvement |
Nov 13 | Down one |
Istead Rise |
School Plan not fit for purpose
following SM (see below)
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Sep 13 | |
Raynehurst | Insufficient progress following SM | Oct 13 | |
Riverview Juniors | Requires Improvement | Jun 14 | Down one |
Rosherville CofE | Satisfactory Progress following SM | Dec 14 | |
St Botolph's CofE VA | Requires Improvement | Oct 13 | No change |
St John's Catholic | Good | Jul 14 | Down one |
Wrotham Road | Requires Improvement | Apr 14 | Down one |
2012-13 OFSTED Reports
School |
OFSTED Grade |
Date | Change |
Cobham | Outstanding | Nov 12 | Up one |
Dover Road | Inadequate Monitoring Insp | Feb 13 | |
Progress since special measures – inadequate
Progress since previous monitoring inspection – inadequate
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Jul 13 | ||
Istead Rise
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Special Measures | Mar 13 | Down one |
LEA Statement not fit for purpose
School Plan not fit for purpose
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May 13 | ||
Lawn | Good | Mar 13 | Up one |
Painters Ash | Requires Improvement | Feb 13 | No change |
Raynehurst | Special Measures | Mar 13 | Down one |
LEA Statement fit for purpose
School Plan not fit for purpose
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Jun 13 | ||
Riverview Infants | Good | Apr 13 | Down one |
Rosherville CofE | Satisf progr from SM | Oct 12 | |
Satisf progr from SM | Mar 13 | ||
Shears Green Infant | Good | Jun 13 | Up one |
Shears Green Junior | Good | Oct 12 | Up one |
Shorne CofE | Good | Oct 12 | Up one |
Singlewell | Good | Apr 13 | Up one |
Westcourt | Good | Mar 13 | Up one |
Whitehill | Good | May 13 | Up one |
Both Raynehust and Dover Road are being taken over by Reach2 to become Sponsored academies.
Pre September 2012 Reports
School | Grade | Date | Further Information |
Cecil Road Primary | Satisfactory | Sep 2011 | |
Chantry Primary |
Special Measures | Feb 2010 |
Satisfactory progress Sep 2010. Satisfactory progress Mar 2011 Good Progress Jun 2011, Nov 2011 |
Chantry Primary | Satisfactory | Mar 2012 | |
Dover Road Primary | Special Measures | Jul 2011 | Satisf Prog Jan 2012. Inadequate progress Jun 2012 |
Inadequate prog | Feb 13 | Monitoring Inspection | |
Higham Primary | Satisfactory | Oct 2011 | |
Holy Trinity Primary | Good | Feb 2011 | |
Istead Rise Primary | Satisfactory | Mar 2011 | |
Kings Farm Primary | Satisfactory | Mar 2011 | |
Lawn Primary | Satisfactory | Dec 2010 | |
Painters Ash Primary | Satisfactory | Feb 2011 | |
Raynehurst Primary | Satisfactory | Jun 2011 | |
Riverview Junior |
Notice to Improve | Jan 2011 | See below. Good progress May 2011 |
Riverview Junior | Good | Jul 2011 | |
Rosherville CofE Primary | Special Measures | Feb 2012 | Unsatisfactory Progress Jul 2012 |
Singlewell Primary | Satisfactory | Mar 2011 | |
Whitehill Primary | Satisfactory | Jul 2011 | |
Wrotham Road Primary | Good | Jul 2011 | |
Vigo Village | Good | Jan 2011 |
Chantry Primary School working in tandem with Meopham Community Academy for a year from Jun 2011 under executive Head from Meopham.
Riverview Junior School: The notice to improve was issued solely because the schoool failed to complete satfety checks on staff, thus potlentially placing children at risk. This is part of the statutory safeguarding required, where failure to comply produces an automatic failure at an OFSTED Inspection. The Report states: "Were it not for the safeguarding weakness noted, this would be a good school with a number of outstanding features". The July 2011 Report confirms it is back to its previous status as a good school.
Dartford Primary Schools
Updated May 2020
Coronavirus; There are a number of articles on this site exploring the implications of the pandemic on school applications and appeals. You will find them by putting 'Coronavirus' in the search engine on the top left hand corner of this page. This page contains outcomes of Ofsted Inspections carried out up until 4th February 20120, the last ones published before schools were closed. I estimate about another 10 will have been completed but results are waiting until schools are opened, which may not be until September. I think it most unlikely there will be any more this school year.
Entries on this page include the OFSTED Grade for each Primary School updated twice a year, also recording change from previous Inspection result, together with some other relevant information below. It is worth using the search engine on the Home Page to pick up other references to individual schools.
You will find advice on Primary school Admissions and Appeals here.
You can read the full Report on each Primary School at OFSTED. Each school is awarded a main Grade: Outstanding, Good, Requires Improvement (previously Satisfactory), and Inadequate (two sub categories - A school that has serious weaknesses is inadequate overall and requires significant improvement but leadership and management are judged to be Grade 3 or better - A school that requires special measures is one where the school is failing to give its pupils an acceptable standard of education and the school’s leaders, managers or governors have not demonstrated that they have the capacity to secure the necessary improvement in the school). Each Report carries a brief description of the school before justifying its decision in more detail. If a school is in Special Measures or Serious Weaknesses, the results of further monitoring visits are noted.
A majority of the schools that have previously had a 'Good' or 'Outstanding' assessment are given a Short Inspection (known as Section 8). These are indicated by 'Good (S). These will be confirmed in their assessment grade. However for some of these schools, the Inspection Team may consider that there are concerns, or in the case of a Good school, grounds for raising the Grade and this can only be done by a full Section Five Grade. These are recorded for example as 'Outstanding (SC) or 'Good (SR).
You will find an analysis of oversubscription and vacancies for Dartford Primary Places for September 2019 Allocations here, for 2018 here, for 2017 here, and for 2016 here. (2020 to follow).
You will find a commercial site providing a comprehensive analysis of different 11 Plus exams, preparation and appeals at 11 Plus Exams.
Reports on Inspections between between September 2019 and Feb 2020 are in the first table, followed by other tables containing older ones.
(A) Indicates the school is an Academy
DARTFORD PRIMARY SCHOOLS
OFSTED REPORTS Sep 2019-4 Feb 2020
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School |
OFSTED Grade |
Date | Change |
Bean | Good | Nov 19 | Up one |
Craylands | Good(S) | Sep 19 | No change |
Horton Kirby CofE (A) | Good(S) with Concerns | Mar 20 | No change |
Knockhall (A) | Requires Improvement | Sep 19 | Up one |
Our Lady's Catholic | Good (S) | Feb 20 | No change |
Stone St Mary's CofE** (A) | Good (S) | Feb 20 | No change |
Sutton at Hone (A) | Good | Mar 20 | No change |
DARTFORD
PRIMARY SCHOOL OFSTED REPORTS Sep 2018-Jul 2019
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School |
OFSTED Grade |
Date | Change |
Anthony Roper | Good (S) | Jun 19 | No change |
Dartford Bridge Community* | Special Measures | Jan 19 | Down Two |
Joyden's Wood Junior (A)** | Good (SC) | Mar 19 | No change |
Langafel CofE VC | Good (S) | Oct 18 | No change |
Manor Community (A) | Good (S) | Nov 18 | No change |
St Anselm's Catholic | Good (S) | Jun 19 | No change |
Temple Hill (A) | Good | Jun 19 | Up one |
Westgate (A)*** | Good | Mar 19 | Up two |
*Dartford Bridge Community: A shocking and sudden decline from 'Good' in just twelve months. The Report talks about decline over years, so begging two questions: how did it get Good in a Short Inspection just twelve months previously, suggesting the Short Inspection was itself inadequate: secondly what has happened with KCC monitoring given the warning of declining KS2 results. I understand that the headteacher went missing shortly before the inspection, but rarely does one see a statement such as:'Parents’ confidence and trust in the wider leadership of the school has broken down'.
**The Joyden's Wood concerns appear mainly historical now being addressed. Four years since previous inspection so no doubt plenty of work being done.
*** Another Kent school off the KCC failed list, by academisation.
Knockhall Primary, previously a Lilac Sky school continues to be a matter of concern.
DARTFORD
PRIMARY SCHOOL OFSTED REPORTS 2016-17
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School |
OFSTED Grade |
Date | Change |
The Gateway Primary Academy | Good | Jan 17 | No change |
New Ash Green Primary | Good | Feb 17 | No change |
The Brent Primary | Outstanding | Mar 17 | Up two |
DARTFORD PRIMARY SCHOOL OFSTED REPORTS 2015-16 |
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School |
OFSTED Grade |
Date | Change |
Hartley Primary Academy | Outstanding | Mar 16 | Up one |
St Anselm's Catholic | Good | Dec 15 | No change |
Excerpt from article in the Dartford section on oversubscription and vacancies in Kent primary schools: "There are no vacancies in any school in the town, but again, most parents have been offered one school of their choice, with 34 being allocated places by KCC, nearly all at Temple Hill or Holy Trinity CofE".
DARTFORD PRIMARY SCHOOL OFSTED REPORTS 2014-15 |
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School |
OFSTED Grade |
Date | Change |
Darenth | Requires Improvement | Nov 14 | No change |
Fleetdown | Outstanding | Sep 14 | No change |
Horton Kirby CofE | Good | Feb 15 | Up one |
Joyden's Wood Junior | Good | Mar 15 | Down one |
Langafel CofE VC | Good | Mar 15 | Up one |
Oakfield | Good | Nov 14 | No change |
Temple Hill | Requires Improvement | Nov 14 | No change |
Westgate | Reasonable progress from SM | Dec 14 | |
Wilmington | Good | Jun 15 | Up one |
Excerpt from an article on oversubscription in Kent's primary schools, 2014: Dartford’s problems fall mainly on the Western side, where not one of its 16 primary schools has any vacancies, with Westgate (42 first choices turned away) and Brent (35) both in the top ten most popular schools across the county. With just 41 children being allocated by the Local Authority, most to the two very large infant schools, there are no schools that parents appear trying to avoid; however, 222 children, over 20% of the total did not get their first choice of school. Just 20 extra places were created to meet this demand. In the rest of the Borough, there are vacancies in just two schools, at Knockhall (14), which has 26 children allocated to it, and at Manor Primary in Swanscombe (8).
DARTFORD PRIMARY SCHOOL OFSTED REPORTS 2013-14 |
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School |
OFSTED Grade |
Date | Change |
Craylands |
Requires Improvement |
Dec 13 | No change |
Dartford Bridge Community |
Good |
Feb 14 | No change |
Joydens Wood Infant |
Good |
Jun 14 | Up one |
Knockhall Community |
After failed OFSTED March 13 (see below)
Local authority statement of action fit for purpose
School improvement action plan not fit for purpose. |
Oct 13 | |
Inadequate progress from SM | May 14 | ||
Manor Community | Good | Nov 13 | Up one |
Maypole | Good | Oct 13 | No change |
Our Lady of Hartley Catholic | Outstanding | Nov 13 | Up one |
St Alban's Road Infants | Good | Oct 13 | Up one |
Stone St Mary's CofE | Good | May 14 | Up one |
Sutton at Hone CofE | Good | Jan 13 | Up one |
Westgate | Special Measures | Dec 13 | Down one |
Local Authority Plan not fit for purpose
School Improvement Plan not fit for purpose
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Mar 14
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Reasonable progress towards removal of SM | Jul 14 | ||
York Road Junior Academy | Requires Improvement | Dec 13 | Up one |
2012-13 OFSTED Reports
School |
OFSTED Grade |
Date | Change |
Bean | Good | Nov 12 | Up one |
Darenth Community | Requires Improvement | May 13 | No change |
Gateway Community | Good | Sep 12 | Up one |
Hartley | Good | Nov 12 | Up one |
Horton Kirby CofE | Requires Improvement | Feb 13 | Up one |
Insufficient progress from R.I.
Insuffiicient support from KCC
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Jun 13 | ||
Knockhall Community | Special Measures | Mar 13 | Down one |
Langafel CofE VC | Requires Improvement | Mar 13 | No change |
New Ash Green | Good | Nov 12 | Up one |
Stone St Mary's CofE | Requires Improvement | Jan 13 | No change |
Temple Hill Community | Requres Improvement | Mar 13 | No change |
The Brent | Requires Improvement | Oct 12 | No change |
Wentworth | Good | Feb 13 | New school |
West Hill | Good | Mar 13 | No change |
Wilmington | Requires Improvement | Jun 13 | No change |
Pre September 2012 Reports
School | Grade | Date | Further Information |
The Craylands School Swanscombe | Satisfactory | Jun 2012 | |
Darenth Community Primary | Satisfactory | Jun 2010 | |
Dartford Bridge Community Primary | Good | Oct 2010 | first inspection of new school |
Fleetdown Primary | Outstanding | Mar 2010 | |
The Gateway Primary | Satisfactory | Nov 2010 | |
Hartley Primary | Satisfactory | Feb 2011 | |
Holy Trinity CofE Primary | Good | Jun 2012 | |
Langafel CofE VC Primary | Satisfactory | Feb 2011 | |
Manor Community Primary, Swanscombe | Satisfactory | Jan 2011 | |
Oakfield Primary | Good | Feb 2012 | |
St Anselm's Catholic Primary | Good | Mar 2011 | |
Sutton at Hone CofE Primary | Satisfactory | Nov 2010 | |
Stone St Mary's CofE Primary | Satisfactory | Nov 2010 | |
Temple Hill Community Primary | Notice to Improve | Dec 2009 | good progress Jul 2010, see below |
Temple Hill Community Primary | Satisfactory | Mar 2011 | up from Notice to Improve |
Westgate Primary | Satisfactory | Oct 2011 | |
York Road Junior School & Language Unit | Special Measures | Nov 2011 |
The following primary schools had additional Reception intake places added in March for 2010 entry, to meet local pressures:
Manor Community Primary, up from 60 to 90 places
Maypole Primary up from 30 to 60 places