Hextable Primary School
Hextable Primary School is a primary school in Swanley for ages 4 to 11.
Daily practice for Hextable Primary School pupils
Daily maths and English that follow the national curriculum for your child's year. Start with a free five-minute class.
At a glance
- Type
- Community school, run by the council
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 605
- Who it's for
- Boys and girls
- Address
- Rowhill Road, Swanley, BR8 7RL
- Phone
- 01322 663792
The school's websiteResults and performanceFull register entryMap
What Ofsted found
Full inspection, September 2023.
- Overall effectiveness: Hextable Primary School continues to be a good school.
- Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.
- Inspectors found that reading is highly valued across the school, with well-organised phonics teaching in small groups.
- Inspectors found strong support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities, with every pupil assessed for speech and language.
Our summary of Ofsted's report. Read the full reports on Ofsted's website. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The school
- The school's vision is to foster happy, positive and successful life long learners.
- The school has an adjoining playing field and is housed in two separate buildings on one site.
Source: Hextable Primary School website; Hextable Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.
How it teaches
- The school began transitioning towards a mastery approach to teaching maths in September 2019.
- Teachers follow the Read Write Inc systematic phonics programme.
- Read Write Inc books are used in EYFS and KS1 and the Oxford Reading Tree scheme in KS2.
- The curriculum is topic-based, grouping subjects around a topic wherever possible.
Source: Hextable Primary School website; Hextable Primary School website; Hextable Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.
Music, sport and trips
- Piano and violin lessons are offered in school for a fee.
- Pupils in Years 3, 4 and 5 attend swimming lessons at White Oak Leisure Centre during the academic year.
- PE is taught twice a week.
Source: Hextable Primary School website; Hextable Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.
Admissions
- The school is a three form entry primary school.
Source: Hextable Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.
The school day and clubs
- Extra-curricular clubs are booked through the School Cloud Booking System.
Source: Hextable Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.
What each year group is learning
From Hextable Primary School's curriculum maps.
Year 3
- Reading
- Reading non-fiction about a wide range of subjects and justifying views
Year 5
- Maths
- Statistics and converting units
- English
- Writing a film trailer
- Science
- Forces including gravity, air resistance, water resistance and friction
- Music
- Melody and harmony and composing chords. Battle of the Bands and freedom to improvise. Singing and playing in different music styles
Read on 10 November 2026 from the school's Content of Curriculum page. The maps: Year 3 Overview, Year 5 Overview.
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School details: Get Information about Schools, Department for Education, URN 135118. Checked 9 November 2026.
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