Days Lane Primary School

Days Lane Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating in key areas of education, behaviour, personal development, leadership, and management. The school's approach to inclusivity is commendable, with strong emphasis on high expectations and fostering a positive learning environment. Pupils are engaged and eager to learn, benefiting from a well-structured curriculum that includes rich cultural experiences. However, the school is at a pivotal point, having never been inspected under section 5 before, which presents both an opportunity for growth and a need for careful navigation of recent curriculum changes that have yet to be fully realized across all subjects.

Strengths

• Pupils have excellent behaviour and consistently respect each other.
• High expectations are set for both learning and conduct within the school.
• The curriculum is inclusive and effectively supports the diverse needs of all pupils.
• Leaders effectively foster a positive learning environment and recognize pupils' leadership roles.
• Teachers employ effective questioning techniques and provide support to address learning misconceptions.
• Pupils demonstrate positive attitudes towards learning and engage deeply with the curriculum.

Areas for Improvement

• Recent curriculum changes have not been fully embedded in all subjects, leading to gaps in knowledge.
• Trustees lack a strong understanding of the school's educational quality and recent curriculum changes' impact on staff well-being.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Days Lane Primary School attended 96.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.1% of pupils at Days Lane Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Days Lane Primary School had 24.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 19.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 10.7% of pupils at Days Lane Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Days Lane Primary School received £6,515 and spent £6,156 for each of its 655 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £716,000 (£1,093 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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What is Days Lane Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Days Lane Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Days Lane Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Days Lane Primary School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Days Lane Primary School have?

Days Lane Primary School has 653 pupils on roll.

What age range does Days Lane Primary School cover?

Days Lane Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Days Lane Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Days Lane Primary School?

Days Lane Primary School is at Days Lane, Sidcup, Kent, DA15 8JU.