Voluntary aided school · Primary
Swanley · BR8 7BU · Kent
Ages 2–11
- KS242%
- Absence7.5%
- FSM36.0%
0.4 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 118541
High Firs Primary School
Community school · Swanley · BR8 8NR
Ages 4–11 · 210 pupils · Kent
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
54%
Overall absence
4.9%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-10-11
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)54%
Higher standard (RWM)4%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 105.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)10.3%
Unauthorised1.2%
- Authorised absence
- 3.7%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.1%
- Enrolments in measure
- 184
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill100%
210 pupils · 210 places
- Pupils on roll
- 210
- Boys / girls
- 105 / 105
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 210 / 210 (100%)
- Free school meals
- 18.1%
- FSM pupils
- 38
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mr Andrew Kilbride
Location
- Address
- Court Crescent
- Postcode
- BR8 8NR
- Town
- Swanley
- County
- Kent
- Local authority
- Kent
- District
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Swanley, Kent, 210 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 18.1%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School, Swanley
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Swanley · BR8 7AY · Kent
Ages 5–11
- FSM21.4%
0.5 miles away
Downsview Community Primary School
Ofsted: Needs attentionCommunity school · Primary
Swanley · BR8 8AU · Kent
Ages 4–11
- KS237%
- Absence8.3%
- FSM45.7%
0.5 miles away
Horizon Primary Academy
Ofsted: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 NextAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Swanley · BR8 7BT · Kent
Ages 4–11
- KS286%
- Absence4.7%
- FSM41.5%
0.7 miles away
Crockenhill Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedCommunity school · Primary
BR8 8JG · Kent
Ages 4–11
- KS247%
- Absence7.6%
- FSM27.6%
0.7 miles away
St Pauls' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Swanley Village · BR8 7PJ · Kent
Ages 4–11
- KS273%
- Absence4.1%
- FSM9.3%
1.4 miles away
Hextable Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Swanley · BR8 7RL · Kent
Ages 4–11
- KS260%
- Absence6.7%
- FSM19.0%
1.6 miles away
Manor Oak Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Orpington · BR5 3PE · Bromley
Ages 3–11
- KS244%
- Absence7.7%
- FSM33.7%
2.2 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Andrew Kilbride
- Telephone
- 01322669721