Leigh Academy Dartford
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Dartford, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.838 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Leigh Academy Dartford is a primary school in Dartford, Kent for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 17 June 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Leigh Academy Dartford 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 | 0.838 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 for 2026 lived 0.838 miles away, the 89th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- For Reception, the 2026 last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and nearer than in 2024, and it swung sharply between some years.
- In 2024/25, 94% 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.
- There were 115 first-choice applications for 90 offers in Reception 2026; 90 offers went to first-choice families, and 25 first-choice families were not offered a place.
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
- York Road, Dartford, DA1 1SQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 670 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 35.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 17 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils embody the school’s motto of being ‘Determined, Persistent Achievers Learning to Change the World’.”
- “They achieve exceptionally well because they receive expert support from staff that know them extremely well.”
- “Pupils continually strive to be the best that they can be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 July 2025 (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) | 94% | 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: 115 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 90 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 Gateway Primary Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Anselm's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Westgate Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- The Brent Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Temple Hill Primary Academy 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- River Mill Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Oakfield Primary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Fleetdown Primary Academy 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published