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Leigh Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
The Green, Leigh, Tonbridge TN11 8QP · leighprimaryschool.com · 01732 832660
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 67%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Kent 62%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 126
- 74% of 171 places
- Local authority
- Kent
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 19%
- First language not English
- 2.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 15 families put the school first and 15 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 14 | 10 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 14 | 13 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 16 | 15 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 95% |
Results
In 2024/25, 67% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 13% the higher standard. Across Kent it was 62%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲67% | 62% | ||
| ▲13% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Leigh Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 7 February 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 7 Feb 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Sept 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2021Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Oct 2018Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective Oct 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good May 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (87 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 87
- 58% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 82% who raised concerns
based on the 29% who had a child bullied
based on 22 parents (25%) with SEND