Greenlands Primary School

Greenlands Primary School is performing well overall. Pupils achieve well from their starting points, with recent outcomes in reading, writing and mathematics above national averages, including for disadvantaged pupils. The curriculum is well designed and sequenced, early years provision is strong, and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities receive effective support to participate fully in school life. Safeguarding standards are met.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve well from their starting points, with outcomes broadly in line with or above national averages.
• The curriculum is well designed and sequenced, enabling pupils to build knowledge and skills progressively.
• Leaders have an accurate understanding of strengths and priorities and act effectively to improve the school.
• Early years provision is strong, with effective transition arrangements and high-quality interactions.
• Inclusion is effective; pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils receive targeted support and participate fully.
• Trustees and trust leaders provide effective support and challenge.
• Personal development is coherent and broad, with strong pastoral support and opportunities beyond the classroom.
• Pupils behave well, feel safe, and relationships are warm and respectful.
• Early reading is prioritised through a well-established phonics programme.
• Disadvantaged pupils' outcomes are above national averages in reading, writing and mathematics over the latest three-year period.

Areas for Improvement

• Attendance is not yet high enough, and persistent absence remains too high for some groups of pupils.
• Some pupils continue to miss too much education despite improving attendance.
• Teachers do not always use assessment information consistently to make effective in-the-moment adaptations.
• Opportunities to provide additional challenge, address misconceptions or offer timely support are sometimes missed.
• Phonics outcomes are not as secure as some other areas of the curriculum.

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 Greenlands Primary School attended 89.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 36.7% 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, 3.8% of pupils at Greenlands 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 Greenlands Primary School had 21.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 21.1% 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, 18.1% of pupils at Greenlands Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.5% 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 Greenlands Primary School received £7,638 and spent £7,187 for each of its 185 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £153,000 (£827 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of Cygnus Academies Trust, income was £6,596 and spending £6,085 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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All schools in Dartford · Kent local authority: places and applications

Greenlands Primary School is part of Cygnus Academies Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• The Brent Primary School Dartford
• Manor Community Primary School Swanscombe
• Westgate Primary School Dartford
• Dartford Bridge Community Primary School Dartford
• Gravel Hill Primary School Bexleyheath
• Upland Primary School Bexleyheath
• Royal Rise Primary School Tonbridge

What is Greenlands Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Greenlands Primary School is Needs attention, from an inspection in September 2026.

When was Greenlands Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Greenlands Primary School was last inspected in September 2026.

How many pupils does Greenlands Primary School have?

Greenlands Primary School has 182 pupils on roll.

What age range does Greenlands Primary School cover?

Greenlands Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

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

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Greenlands Primary School?

Greenlands Primary School is at Green Street Green Road, Darenth, Dartford, Kent, DA2 8DH.