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The Craylands School[1]

Primary · ages 4–11

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Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
KS2 76% 76% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
76% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
10% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score
107 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score
107 2024/25[2]
All results, 2021/22
Not published[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) Reading, average scaled score Maths, average scaled score
2023/24 72%[4] 12%[4] 107[4] 107[4]
2022/23 58%[5] 3%[5] 104[5] 103[5]
2018/19 67%[6] 7%[6] 102[6] 105[6]
2017/18 68%[7] 3%[7] 105[7] 105[7]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
14 Jan 2025[8]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[8]
Report published
9 Feb 2025[8]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[8]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Standards maintained[8]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
24 Sep 2019[9] Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools[9] No overall grade[9]
Date not published[10] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[10] Good[10]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place
2.5 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Applications (any preference)
148 Entry Sept 2026[11]
First preferences
57 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Places offered
60 Entry Sept 2026[11]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 149[11] 62[11] 59[11] 2.5[11] 1.1[11]
Entry Sept 2024 154[11] 69[11] 60[11] 2.6[11] 1.1[11]
Entry Sept 2023 143[11] 61[11] 60[11] 2.4[11] 1.0[11]
Entry Sept 2022 133[11] 61[11] 60[11] 2.2[11] 1.0[11]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
4–11[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
420[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://www.craylands.kent.sch.uk[1]
District
Dartford[12]
Postcode
DA10 0LP[1]
URN
132764[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
422 2024/25[13]
English as an additional language
9.7% 2024/25[13]
SEN support
15.9% 2024/25[13]
EHC plan
2.4% 2024/25[13]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
26.1% 2024/25[13]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
74.6%[14]
Mixed
7.7%[14]
Asian
7.2%[14]
Black
8.2%[14]
Any other ethnic group
1%[14]
Unclassified
1.2%[14]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (2)
    We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
    This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2019/20. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2015/16. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.