Crockenhill Primary School
The Green, Crockenhill, BR8 8JG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Karen Dodd
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 203
- URN
- 118254
- Local authority
- Kent
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 03000658300
About this school
Crockenhill Primary School is a community primary school in Kent. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 203 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Crockenhill Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 30 | 29 | 27 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 47% | 59% | 41% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 7% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 53% | 76% | 59% |
| Expected standard in maths | 53% | 62% | 56% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 47% | 69% | 56% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 106.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 98.0 | 103.0 | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -6.50 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Crockenhill Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Kent average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 47% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 59% | 60.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 41% | 60.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 187 |
| 2023/24 | 193 |
| 2024/25 | 203 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Crockenhill Primary School compares
Crockenhill Primary School ranked 396th of 427 primary schools in Kent for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 12% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 41% | 7.2% | 31% | 203 | — |
| St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 59% | 6.3% | 49.8% | 279 | 0.7 miles |
| High Firs Primary School | 63% | 5.2% | 17.7% | 210 | 0.7 miles |
| St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School, Swanley | — | — | — | 318 | 1.1 miles |
| Horizon Primary Academy | 77% | 5.1% | 42.3% | 195 | 1.2 miles |
| Downsview Community Primary School | 52% | 9.1% | 48.2% | 140 | 1.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 31.03%
- English as an additional language
- 6.4%
- Overall absence
- 7.18%
- Persistent absence
- 24.02%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Swanley
-
High Firs Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Swanley
-
St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School, Swanley1.1 miles
Primary · Swanley
-
Horizon Primary Academy1.2 miles
Primary · Swanley
-
Downsview Community Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Swanley
Common questions
- What ages does Crockenhill Primary School teach?
- Crockenhill Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Kent.
- Who is the headteacher of Crockenhill Primary School?
- The headteacher of Crockenhill Primary School is Mrs Karen Dodd, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Crockenhill Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Crockenhill Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Crockenhill Primary School?
- Crockenhill Primary School has 203 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Crockenhill Primary School full?
- Crockenhill Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 203 on roll (97%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Crockenhill Primary School a faith school?
- No. Crockenhill Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Crockenhill Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Crockenhill Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Crockenhill Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 47% in 2022/23 and 41% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Crockenhill Primary School compare with other schools in Kent?
- Crockenhill Primary School ranked 396th of 427 primary schools in Kent for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 12% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Crockenhill Primary School's absence rate?
- Crockenhill Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Crockenhill Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Crockenhill Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.