Downs View Infant School
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Summary
The key facts, in one place- Inspection
- Good, October 2023
- Run by
- The Diocese of Canterbury Academies Trust
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 7 · Mixed
- We hold no offer-day distances for this school: ask the council how far places went.
Overview
Getting in
- We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.
- We can't tell how far Reception places reached: we hold no offer-day figures for this school. Ask the council or the school for the last distance offered.
Quality
- Good
- An infant school has no published results: its pupils sit the key stage 2 tests at the junior or primary school.
Daily life
- Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 205 m
- 6 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 3 serious)
- Air: nitrogen dioxide 7.6 µg/m³, PM2.5 6.8 (1 km square, background level)
- Absence and suspension figures are not published for this school (DfE covers state schools only).
Who runs it
- The Diocese of Canterbury Academies Trust, with 18 schools
- Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 September 2026
- Replaced Downs View Infant School (URN 118523)
- We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.
Getting in
How far offers reached
How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.Reception. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. How places are offered →
Daily life
Stops nearby
| Kind | Nearest (metres, straight line) |
|---|---|
| bus | 205 |
Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.
Road collisions within 500 m
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 |
Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 3 serious and 0 fatal in all; 3 involved a pedestrian, 0 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.
Air quality
| Pollutant | Annual mean (µg/m³) | Year |
|---|---|---|
| NO2 | 7.6 | 2024 |
| PM10 | 11.9 | 2024 |
| PM25 | 6.8 | 2024 |
Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.
Who runs it
Who runs it
- The Diocese of Canterbury Academies Trust, with 18 schools
- Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 September 2026
- Replaced Downs View Infant School (URN 118523)
- We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.
Area
Homes in reach of this schoolLook up any home near here: its sales, an open-data valuation, and which schools it keeps in reach.Search homes →Sources
- DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
- DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
- DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
- School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
- How we check these figures: How we know
More in schools in Ashford and the Kent league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
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