Joydens Wood Junior School
Primary schoolJoydens Wood Junior School is a primary school in Dartford, for pupils aged 7 to 11. It had 315 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 28 January 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 63% of pupils at Joydens Wood Junior School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in Kent and 62% in England.
7% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Kent | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 63% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 7% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Joydens Wood Infant SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, October 202390 m
- Maypole Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)520 m
- Leigh Academy WilmingtonSecondary. Outstanding (overall), May 2023. Attainment 8 of 45.1 (2025/26, provisional)1.2 km
- Wilmington Grammar School for GirlsSecondary. Good (overall), November 2022. Attainment 8 of 65.3 (2025/26, provisional)1.3 km
- Wilmington Grammar School for BoysSecondary. School remains Good, March 2023. Attainment 8 of 67.6 (2025/26, provisional)1.3 km
- Hextable Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, September 2023. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Dartford
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).