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Manor Community Primary School

Primary · Swanscombe · DA10 0BU

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 1 May 2024

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At a glance

692 pupils · 103% of 674 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
28% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
27.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.manor.kent.sch.uk/
URN
142591

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 66 families named it first for 90 Reception places, 0.73 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 1.219 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 4 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2023 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 1 May 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.73 first-choice applications per place

90 places offered · 66 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 1.219 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1.219 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

89 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
66%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
12%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school66%
Median of its 12 closest peers64%
Kent average63.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Gladstone Road Primary SchoolScarborough · 198 miles awayGood69%
Elston Hall Primary SchoolWolverhampton · 132 miles awayGood71%
Heathfield Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham · 124 miles awayGood46%
Whitmore Park Primary SchoolCoventry · 104 miles awayRequires improvement59%
Newton Leys Primary SchoolMilton Keynes · 58 miles awayGood (2019)56%
Manor Primary SchoolBilston · 128 miles awayStrong standard73%
Wheelers Lane Primary SchoolBirmingham · 116 miles awayGood59%
The Crescent Primary SchoolEastleigh · 79 miles awayGood62%
Ferndale Primary SchoolBirmingham · 122 miles awayExpected standard66%
Dorrington AcademyBirmingham · 121 miles awayExpected standard75%
Hall Green Junior SchoolBirmingham · 114 miles awayExpected standard75%
Byron Primary SchoolGillingham · 11 miles awayGood51%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 46% (Kent 70%, England 60%) · Black African 15% (Kent 5%, England 5%) · Any other White background 10% (Kent 7%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 7% (Kent 3%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Kent 3%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Kent 2%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 3% (Kent 0%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Kent 1%, England 3%) · Not recorded 2% (Kent 1%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Kent 1%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Kent 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Kent 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Kent 2%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Kent 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
14.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

3.59 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Kent: 3.00 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
28.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

3.56% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

62.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 19.8 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £49,634; 16.7% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£4,576
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 91% (77%) · premises 2% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 2% (8%) · supplies and services 5% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 0% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £215,000; in-year balance +£1,528,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher23.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications21.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work22.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways24.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health43.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier50.7%62.3%
Social housing24.5%17.1%
Privately rented24.2%20.5%
Detached houses4.2%22.9%
Flats18.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms4.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van24.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01024176 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£325,000538 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£280,000–£441,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (72)£590,000
Semi-detached (118)£436,000
Terraced (192)£312,500
Flat (156)£285,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.96 km, 2026 entry): 977 sales, median £325,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
27an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
4an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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