Leigh Academy Hartley
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Longfield, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.773 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Leigh Academy Hartley is a primary school in Longfield, Kent for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 10 October 2023. Kent and the school have published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Leigh Academy Hartley 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 | 2.773 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last Reception place in 2026 went to a child living 2.773 miles away, the 178th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- In 2024/25, 90% 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.
- Reception 2026 entry drew 49 first-choice applications for 53 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- Of its pupils, 7.6% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 17.3% 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
- Round Ash Way, Hartley, Longfield, DA3 8BT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 445 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 31.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 10 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at this school.”
- “They are well motivated and learn how to become inquisitive and independent.”
- “Pupils behave impeccably in lessons.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 November 2023 (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) | 90% | 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: 49 first-preference applications, 53 offers in total, 49 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.
- Our Lady of Hartley Catholic Primary School, Hartley, Longfield 0.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Fawkham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Langafel Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- New Ash Green Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Istead Rise Primary School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sedley's Church of England Primary School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Horton Kirby Church of England Primary School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Meopham Community Academy 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published