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Dartford Science & Technology College

URN
118785
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Dartford Science & Technology College
URN
118785
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Girls
Age range
11-18
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Good

60 / 100

Good

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

65

Inspection

50

Admissions Value

57

Destinations

61

Stability & Context

75

School Compass rankings

Below top 50% of secondary schools in England

Below top 50% nationally

#43 of 85 schools in Kent

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Below Average
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for Dartford Science & Technology College

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Admissions strategy for Dartford Science & Technology College

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Ofsted inspections

Ungraded inspection
Latest publication date
11 May 2022
Inspection date
16 March 2022
Inspection type
-
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Outcome

    School remains Good

    Graded 11 May 2022

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Inspection history

Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

144

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

510

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

144

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

3.54×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Kent
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Kent)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
http://www.dstc.kent.sch.uk

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Kent to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

49.1

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

54.5%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

71.7%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

17.9%

EBacc achievement

Location

DA1 2LY - Heath Lane, Dartford, Kent

Contact details

Address
Heath Lane, Dartford, Kent
Postcode
DA1 2LY
Phone
1322224309
Website
http://www.dstc.kent.sch.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Kent
Local authority code
886

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 1,366 schools in Kent.

Authority statistics

Total schools

1,366

Open schools

715

Closed schools

651

Primary schools

816

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    11 May 202216 March 2022-School remains GoodView report for inspection published 11 May 2022
    • School remains Good

      Published
      11 May 2022
      Inspected
      16 March 2022
      Type
      -
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    28.2%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 119

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    11.0%

    Post-16 (A level)

    Below average

    Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.

    Average point score per entry

    APS

    23.8

    Value added

    Value added

    -0.46

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    0.0%

    Retention

    Retention %

    Not published

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    89.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    1.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    4.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    4.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    218

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary816 (59.8%)
    • Secondary218 (16.0%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other331 (24.2%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Dartford Grammar School for Girls181 mSecondaryOpen
    Dartford Grammar School for Girls181 mSecondaryClosed
    Dartford Grammar School399 mSecondaryClosed
    Dartford Grammar School399 mSecondaryOpen
    Dartford West Boys' School509 mSecondaryClosed
    Westgate Primary School563 mPrimaryClosed
    Westgate Primary School563 mPrimaryOpen
    West Hill Primary Academy596 mPrimaryOpen
    West Hill Primary School596 mPrimaryClosed
    West Hill Junior School596 mPrimaryClosed
    • Dartford Grammar School for Girls
      Distance
      181 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Open
    • Dartford Grammar School for Girls
      Distance
      181 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Dartford Grammar School
      Distance
      399 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Dartford Grammar School
      Distance
      399 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Open

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    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Kent)

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    Astor Secondary SchoolSecondaryCT17 0ASOpen
    • Angley School - A Sports College
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      Postcode
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      Status
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    • Archers Court Maths and Computing College
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    • Ashford Christ Church Church of England Maths & Computing Specialist College
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      Postcode
      TN23 3HG
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    • Astor College (A Specialist College for the Arts)
      Phase
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      Postcode
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    Dartford West Boys' School
    Distance
    509 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Westgate Primary School
    Distance
    563 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Westgate Primary School
    Distance
    563 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • West Hill Primary Academy
    Distance
    596 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • West Hill Primary School
    Distance
    596 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • West Hill Junior School
    Distance
    596 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Astor Secondary School
    Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    CT17 0AS
    Status
    Open