Langafel Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Longfield

In its own words: "Langafel is a friendly, happy and inclusive primary school. Aspiration, confidence, perseverance, team work and Koinonia are Langafel's values. Our rules of 'Be safe, be respectful and be positive' set the tone across the school. We are an average-sized primary school with 300 pupils on roll."

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care.

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils at Langafel Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 47% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 73% in Kent and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 60% in reading and 62% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 22 families put Langafel Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School as their first choice and 43 named it as one of their preferences, for 27 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Langafel Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School are Our Lady of Hartley Catholic Primary School, Hartley, Longfield (0.7 miles, Outstanding, 78% reading, 78% maths); Leigh Academy Hartley (1 mile, Outstanding, 93% reading, 93% maths); Istead Rise Primary School (1.4 miles, Good, 87% reading, 87% maths); and Sedley's Church of England Primary School (1.6 miles, Good, 87% reading, 87% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Langafel Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School.

35% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 5.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (77%) and Mixed (7%).

In 2026, 42 pupils (14.7%) received SEN support and 44 (15.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

Langafel Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School has a resourced provision for autism: 30 places, 37 pupils on roll.

Langafel Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School had 20 teachers in 2026, one for every 16 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Longfield Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Langafel School (opposite), 90 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Langafel Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 49 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, violence and sexual offences and shoplifting. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Kent (101).

In 2024/25, Langafel Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School issued 54 suspensions, 17.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.