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The Craylands School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Craylands Lane, Swanscombe DA10 0LP · craylands.kent.sch.uk · 01322 388230
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Jan 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 76%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Kent 62%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 414
- 99% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Kent
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 33.1%
- First language not English
- 7.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 57 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 88% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 60 | 57 | 1 | 88% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 59 | 62 | 1.1▲ | 82% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 69 | 1.2▲ | 80% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 61 | 1▲ | 89% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 61 | 1▲ | 90% |
Results
In 2024/25, 76% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 10% the higher standard. Across Kent it was 62%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲76% | 62% | ||
| ●10% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 15 January 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for The Craylands School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 14 Jan 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Sept 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Feb 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Dec 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (106 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Replies
- 106
- 25% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 31% who had a child bullied
based on 30 parents (28%) with SEND