Overall Oxbridge
#1,062
4 ranked schools · -148 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
65
Offers
8
Offer rate12.3%
-10.1 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
In the valley of the River Darent, where a ford gave the medieval town its name, Dartford sits at the northern edge of Kent between the Thames Estuary and the North Downs. The town grew from a medieval market into an industrial centre of paper mills and river trades. Around 51,000 people live here today.
Dartford Town Centre is the focal point for families competing for school places across the borough, drawing catchment-conscious parents to the streets above the valley floor. Stone and Westgate extend the borough northward toward the Dartford Crossing, which spans the Thames to Thurrock in Essex, while Cobham lies to the south near the chalk escarpment. Southeastern services from Dartford station connect to London Cannon Street and London Bridge in around forty minutes.
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Area Performance
Across 45 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.51/10, +0.06 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
Distribution across all Dartford schools
Dartford vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Dartford schools
top 37% of 14,978
top 37% of 14,978
top 38% of 3,862
top 38% of 3,862
top 59% of 2,555
top 59% of 2,555
Overall Oxbridge
4 ranked schools · -148 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
65
Offers
8
Oxford
3 ranked schools · +10 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198
Applications
28
Offers
4
Cambridge
4 ranked schools · -637 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
37
Offers
4
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Local directory
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