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Leigh Academy Cherry Orchard
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Sponsored academy
Cherry Orchard, Cherry Orchard Road, Ebbsfleet Valley, Ebbsfleet DA10 1AD · cherryorchardprimaryacademy.org.uk · 01322 242011
On the mapSearch near DA10 1AD
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jun 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 83%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Kent 62%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 2.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 447
- 99% of 450 places
- Local authority
- Kent
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 15.2%
- First language not English
- 34%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 132 families put the school first and 59 places were offered; 44% 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 | 59 | 132 | 2.2▲ | 44% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 58 | 122 | 2.1▲ | 48% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 132 | 2.2▲ | 45% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 103 | 1.7▲ | 57% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 79 | 1.3▲ | 73% |
Results
In 2024/25, 83% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 29% 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 | |||
| ▲83% | 62% | ||
| ▲29% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
| Grammar and spelling | ▲108 | 105 | |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Leigh Academy Cherry Orchard on 30 June 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: Exceptional
- Personal development and well-being: Exceptional
- Early years: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Exceptional
- Inspected
- 30 Jun 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Exceptional |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Exceptional |
| Achievement | Exceptional |
| Attendance and behaviour | Exceptional |
| Personal development and well-being | Exceptional |
| Early years | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Exceptional |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Nov 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2021Outstanding
Quality of education Outstanding Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (112 replies, to 5 September 2022).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 112
- 25% · 5 Sept 2022
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 34% who had a child bullied
based on 24 parents (21%) with SEND