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Leigh Academy Oaks
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Oak Tree Avenue, Maidstone ME15 9AX · leighacademyoaks.org.uk · 01622 755960
On the mapSearch near ME15 9AX
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Mar 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 89%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Kent 62%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 211
- 99% of 213 places
- Local authority
- Kent
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 39%
- First language not English
- 15.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 34 families put the school first and 29 places were offered; 76% 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 | 29 | 34 | 1.2▲ | 76% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 31 | 1▲ | 87% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 31 | 1▲ | 87% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 52 | 1.7▲ | 58% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 37 | 1.2▲ | 76% |
Results
In 2024/25, 89% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 30% 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 | |||
| ▲89% | 62% | ||
| ▲30% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲110 | 106 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Leigh Academy Oaks on 10 March 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Exceptional
- Curriculum and teaching: Exceptional
- Achievement: Exceptional
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Exceptional
- Early years: Exceptional
- Leadership and governance: Exceptional
- Inspected
- 10 Mar 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Exceptional |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Exceptional |
| Achievement | Exceptional |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Exceptional |
| Early years | Exceptional |
| Leadership and governance | Exceptional |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Sept 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2021Outstanding
Quality of education Outstanding Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Oct 2018Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective Mar 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
82% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (44 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 82%
- Positive
- 70%
- Replies
- 44
- 20% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 89% who raised concerns
based on 12 parents (27%) whose child was bullied
based on 8 parents (18%) with SEND