Leigh Academy Oaks
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Maidstone, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.57 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Leigh Academy Oaks is a primary school in Maidstone, Kent for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Leigh Academy Oaks catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.57 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.57 miles away, the 53rd shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance.
- In 2024/25, 89% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
- For Reception entry in 2026, there were 34 first-choice applications for 29 offers: 26 offers went to first-choice families and 8 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 38.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (January 2026), against a middle figure of 34.5% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Oak Tree Avenue, Maidstone, ME15 9AX
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 211 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 10 March 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at Leigh Academy Oaks.”
- “The school's ambition to 'create chances for dreamers, idea makers and innovators' is fully realised.”
- “This begins in the early years, where children are supported to get off to a great start.”
To improve
- “Leaders should continue their work to maintain high rates of attendance over time so that all pupils benefit as much as they can from the school's exceptional standard of education.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 May 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 89% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 34 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 26 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kent.
- Leigh Academy Molehill 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Tiger Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Greenfields Community Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Park Way Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Senacre Wood Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Loose Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Tree Tops 0.9 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- South Borough Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published