Leighton Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Crewe, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.847 miles
Criterion 5 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Leighton Academy is a primary school in Crewe, Cheshire East for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 14 February 2023. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Leighton Academy 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 | 1.847 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026's last place offered under one of its admission criteria went to a child 1.847 miles away, nearer than in 2025 but further than in 2024.
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There were 51 first-choice applications for 57 Reception offers in 2026; 49 went to first-choice families, while 2 first-choice families (4%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility is 21.2% of pupils, against a middle figure of 33.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire East.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Cheshire East schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Minshull New Road, Crewe, CW1 3PP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 467 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 14 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and safe at school.”
- “They know that they can go to a trusted adult if they have any worries or concerns.”
- “If there is any bullying or unkindness, leaders and staff deal with it quickly and well.”
To improve
- “However, in a few classes, especially in the early years and key stage 1, including the provision for two-year-olds, teachers sometimes do not design learning that helps pupils to build on their knowledge securely over time.”
- “Again, in a small number of classes in the early years and key stage 1, teachers do not routinely check pupils’ understanding as well as they should.”
- “This means that they do not identify and address any gaps or misconceptions in pupils’ knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 May 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) | 63% | 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: 51 first-preference applications, 57 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 Cheshire East.
- Mablins Lane Community Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Underwood West Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Michael's Community Academy 0.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Beechwood Primary School and Nursery 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Monks Coppenhall Academy 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Wistaston Academy 1.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Edleston Primary School 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Brierley Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published