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Leigh Academy Marden
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Goudhurst Road, Marden, Tonbridge TN12 9JX · leighacademymarden.org.uk · 01622 831393
On the mapSearch near TN12 9JX
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 74%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Kent 62%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 323
- 48 over 275 places · 117%
- Local authority
- Kent
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 33.1%
- First language not English
- 5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 53 families put the school first and 59 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 | 59 | 53 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 60 | 1 | 93% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 54 | 53 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 48 | 38 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 45 | 51 | 1.1▲ | 76% |
Results
In 2024/25, 74% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 19% 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 | |||
| ▲74% | 62% | ||
| ▲19% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 118306)
Ofsted
Leigh Academy Marden was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 28 February 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 28 Feb 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Oct 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 118306), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2019Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 118306)
Before September 2019
Mar 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 118306)
Nov 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 118306)
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (41 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 41
- 15% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 24% who had a child bullied