The Downs Church of England Primary School[1]

Primary · ages 4–11

Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard: KS2 48% 48% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths): 48% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths): 0% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score: 104 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score: 103 2024/25[2]

Earlier years
Year	Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)	Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)	Reading, average scaled score	Maths, average scaled score
2023/24	38%[3]	0%[3]	102[3]	100[3]
2022/23	44%[4]	2%[4]	102[4]	102[4]

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 12 Sep 2023[5]
Type: S5 Inspection[5]
Report published: 24 Oct 2023[5]
Personal development: Good[5]
Quality of education: Good[5]
Overall effectiveness: Good[5]
Behaviour and attitudes: Good[5]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[5]
Early years provision (where applicable): Good[5]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[5]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place: 2.1 Entry Sept 2026[6]
Applications (any preference): 84 Entry Sept 2026[6]
First preferences: 40 Entry Sept 2026[6]
Places offered: 40 Entry Sept 2026[6]
First preferences per place: 1.0 Entry Sept 2026[6]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	91[6]	41[6]	41[6]	2.2[6]	1.0[6]
Entry Sept 2024	78[6]	38[6]	40[6]	1.9[6]	0.9[6]
Entry Sept 2023	53[6]	25[6]	28[6]	1.9[6]	0.9[6]
Entry Sept 2022	61[6]	33[6]	43[6]	1.4[6]	0.8[6]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy converter[1]
Ages: 4–11[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Faith: Church of England[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 420[1]
Trust: DEAL EDUCATION ALLIANCE FOR LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority: Kent[1]
Website: http://www.downs.kent.sch.uk/[1]
District: Dover [7]
Postcode: CT14 7TL[1]
URN: 147058[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 318 2024/25[8]
English as an additional language: 11.3% 2024/25[8]
SEN support: 12% 2024/25[8]
EHC plan: 3.5% 2024/25[8]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 38.4% 2024/25[8]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 84.5%[9]
Mixed: 2.5%[9]
Asian: 6.6%[9]
Black: 2.5%[9]
Any other ethnic group: 0.6%[9]
Unclassified: 3.2%[9]

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

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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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.
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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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.