Downsview Community Primary School
Beech Avenue, Swanley, BR8 8AU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Caroline Cain
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 140
- URN
- 134515
- Local authority
- Kent
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01322662594
About this school
Downsview Community Primary School is a community primary school in Swanley. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 140 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
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 | 31 | 27 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 37% | 65% | 52% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 3% | 11% |
| Expected standard in reading | 40% | 77% | 67% |
| Expected standard in maths | 50% | 77% | 63% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 60% | 71% | 52% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 105.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +3.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.70 | - | - |
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 Downsview Community 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 | 37% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 65% | 60.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 52% | 60.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 174 |
| 2023/24 | 169 |
| 2024/25 | 141 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Downsview Community Primary School compares
Downsview Community Primary School ranked 332nd of 427 primary schools in Kent for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 52% | 9.1% | 48.2% | 140 | — |
| High Firs Primary School | 63% | 5.2% | 17.7% | 210 | 0.5 miles |
| St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School, Swanley | — | — | — | 318 | 0.5 miles |
| Horizon Primary Academy | 77% | 5.1% | 42.3% | 195 | 0.7 miles |
| St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 59% | 6.3% | 49.8% | 279 | 0.8 miles |
| St Pauls' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 75% | 4.3% | 9.9% | 107 | 0.9 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 48.23%
- English as an additional language
- 17.7%
- Overall absence
- 9.12%
- Persistent absence
- 31.29%
Location
Nearby schools
-
High Firs Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Swanley
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St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School, Swanley0.5 miles
Primary · Swanley
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Horizon Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Swanley
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St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Swanley
-
St Pauls' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Swanley Village
Other schools in Swanley
Downsview Community Primary School ranks 5th of the 5 ranked primary schools in Swanley.
- Hextable Primary School Primary
- High Firs Primary School Primary
- Horizon Primary Academy Primary
- St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School, Swanley Primary
- St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Orchards Academy Secondary
- Parkwood Hall Co-Operative Academy Academies
- SupaJam Education In Music and Media Other types
- The Annex School House Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Downsview Community Primary School teach?
- Downsview Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Swanley.
- Who is the headteacher of Downsview Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Downsview Community Primary School is Mrs Caroline Cain, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Downsview Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Downsview Community 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 big is Downsview Community Primary School?
- Downsview Community Primary School has 140 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Downsview Community Primary School full?
- Downsview Community Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 140 on roll (67%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Downsview Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Downsview Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Downsview Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Downsview Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Downsview Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 37% in 2022/23 and 52% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Downsview Community Primary School rank locally?
- Downsview Community Primary School ranked 332nd of 427 primary schools in Kent for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Downsview Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Downsview Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 9.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Downsview Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Downsview Community 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 1 July 2026.