Leigh Academy Tree Tops
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Maidstone, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.808 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Leigh Academy Tree Tops is a primary school in Maidstone, Kent for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Improved significantly, from the inspection on 20 November 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Leigh Academy Tree Tops 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 | 2.808 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
- Ofsted's latest outcome, on 20 November 2024, was that the school had improved significantly; its previous graded outcome was Good (11 June 2019).
- In 2024/25, 66% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 16% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The last child offered a Reception place for 2026 lived 2.808 miles away, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 27 first-choice applications for 36 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 9 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
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
- Brishing Lane, Park Wood, Maidstone, ME15 9EZ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 341 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 45.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Improved significantly Inspected 20 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils and staff at Tree Tops live by the three school rules: be kind, be ready, be ambitious.”
- “It is an inclusive school community, where everyone is valued for who they are.”
- “Each pupil’s individuality and uniqueness shines, while living up to the school’s high expectations of their behaviour and conduct.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 December 2024 (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) | 66% | 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: 27 first-preference applications, 36 offers in total, 27 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.
- The Holy Family Catholic Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Senacre Wood Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Langley Park 0.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Molehill 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Oaks 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Greenfields Community Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Tiger Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Boughton Monchelsea Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published