DASCo is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation committed to promoting partnership working between schools in the Dartford area. .DASCo seeks to facilitate collaboration between member schools and to improve the educational standards and emotional wellbeing of all children and young people attending DASCo schools. In October 2015 DASCo became a Charitable Incorporated Organisation and is now formally registered with the Charities Commission. DASCo is led by a Board of Trustees and supported by a Director, Business Administrator and an appointed Treasurer.

Current membership includes 32 schools: infant, primary and secondary LA schools and academies. DASCo is the largest collaboration of schools in Kent.

The Consortium is supported financially through an annual subscription scheme and external grants.