King Edward Avenue, Dartford, Kent DA1 2HX
10 reasons to choose Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Dartford
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Our Lady’s Catholic Primary School, Dartford has a Schoolsmith Score® of 70. It is one of the best state primary schools in Dartford and one of the 4 best independent or state primaries within 2 miles.
School fundamentals
Our Lady’s Catholic Primary School, Dartford is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is a Roman Catholic voluntary aided faith school. Though Ofsted no longer makes an an overall effectiveness judgement, its graded judgements imply a Good rating for the school in its last (2025) inspection. It is one of the 20 most oversubscribed state primary schools for first preference Reception place applications in the Kent LEA.
Average class size
Our Lady’s Catholic Primary School, Dartford has one class per year, and an average class size of 32 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Our Lady’s Catholic Primary School, Dartford ranks in the top 4% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 9% of schools.
The Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Dartford curriculum
School curriculum emphasises Catholic social morality and also includes PSHE, French. It is subject based with some cross-curricular projects. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers, Forest School sessions for each year group and a residential trip in Year 6.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Dartford
School offers PE and up to 10 seasonal sports. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Dartford
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 7.20am to 6.00pm provided by an external contractor.
Find another school near Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Dartford
West Lodge School (5.6 miles); Merton Court School (5.7 miles); Benedict House Preparatory School (5.9 miles).
St Anselm’s Catholic Primary School (1.1 miles); St Paulinus Church of England Primary School, Crayford (1.6 miles); St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Crayford (1.8 miles).
Farringtons School (7.1 miles); Eltham College (8.3 miles); Colfe’s School (8.6 miles).
Dartford Grammar School (0.2 miles); Dartford Grammar School for Girls (0.3 miles); Wilmington Grammar School for Girls (2 miles).