Hextable Primary School

Community school·Primary school Swanley, Kent·BR8 7RL
Composite score
46.4
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#8,648
National rank
#1281
In South East
#271
In Kent
Top 58%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
66%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
92%
91 first choices, 90 places
First choices per place
1.01
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
174
any preference, for 90 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.06
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9120220.9320230.9220240.9520251.012026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Kent does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Hextable Primary School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
614
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
20.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
8.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
21.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,788
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

School overview

Hextable Primary School is a primary school serving Swanley, Kent, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 614 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 66% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That is down 8.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 92% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (91 first choices for 90 places). Overall pupil absence was 6.7%. There are about 22.7 pupils per teacher. Hextable Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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