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River Mill Primary School[1]

Primary · ages 3–11

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Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
KS2 83% 83% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
83% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
27% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score
109 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score
108 2024/25[2]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
5 Dec 2023[3]
Type
S5 Inspection[3]
Report published
3 Mar 2024[3]
Personal development
Outstanding[3]
Quality of education
Good[3]
Overall effectiveness
Good[3]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[3]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[3]
Early years provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[3]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[3]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place
2.6 Entry Sept 2026[4]
Applications (any preference)
155 Entry Sept 2026[4]
First preferences
58 Entry Sept 2026[4]
Places offered
60 Entry Sept 2026[4]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[4]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 174[4] 63[4] 60[4] 2.9[4] 1.1[4]
Entry Sept 2024 134[4] 59[4] 60[4] 2.2[4] 1.0[4]
Entry Sept 2023 160[4] 75[4] 60[4] 2.7[4] 1.3[4]
Entry Sept 2022 155[4] 66[4] 60[4] 2.6[4] 1.1[4]

Character & practicalities

Type
Free schools[1]
Ages
3–11[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Capacity
420[1]
Trust
MOSAIC SCHOOLS LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
www.rivermillprimaryschool.co.uk[1]
District
Dartford[5]
Postcode
DA1 5XR[1]
URN
147083[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
358 2024/25[6]
English as an additional language
40.8% 2024/25[6]
SEN support
5.3% 2024/25[6]
EHC plan
3.6% 2024/25[6]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
10.6% 2024/25[6]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
33.2%[7]
Mixed
8.6%[7]
Asian
37.3%[7]
Black
17.2%[7]
Any other ethnic group
2.2%[7]
Unclassified
1.5%[7]

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. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. 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.