Keary Road, Swanscombe, Kent DA10 0BU
10 reasons to choose Manor Community Primary School
Top line
Manor Community Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 69. It is one of the best state primary schools in Swanscombe and one of the 6 best independent or state primaries within 5 miles.
School fundamentals
Manor Community Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is an academy converter. The school is one of the 6 members of Cygnus Academies Trust. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2024) inspection.
Average class size
Manor Community Primary School has three classes per year, and an average class size of 30 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Manor Community Primary School ranks in the top 12% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 16% of schools.
The Manor Community Primary School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French. Subjects are taught separately and are co-ordinated by topic, with cross-curricular linking. There may be an occasional extra-curricular academic or hobby club.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and Forest School to Year 2.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Manor Community Primary School
School offers PE and up to 10 seasonal sports. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Manor Community Primary School
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 7.15am to 6.00pm provided by an external contractor.
Find another school near Manor Community Primary School
Bronte School (3.5 miles); Steephill School (4.4 miles); Gad’s Hill Kindergarten & Junior School (7.9 miles).
Quarry Hill Academy (2.9 miles); The Gateway Primary Academy (3.6 miles); Our Lady of Hartley Catholic Primary School (4.9 miles).
Cobham Hall (6.8 miles); Gad’s Hill School (7.9 miles); The King’s School, Rochester (10 miles).
Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend (3 miles); Gravesend Grammar School (4.3 miles); Dartford Grammar School (5.2 miles).