Leigh Academy Langley Park
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Maidstone, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.457 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Leigh Academy Langley Park 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 2 April 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Leigh Academy Langley Park 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 | 0.457 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 0.457 miles away, the 33rd shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance.
- That 2026 Reception distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and about the same as in 2023, having swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 72 first-choice applications for 60 offers: 59 offers went to first-choice families, and 13 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 74% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Edmett Way, Maidstone, ME17 3FX
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 448 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 27.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Improved significantly Inspected 2 April 2025
Strengths
- “The school has high aspirations, not just for academic achievements, but for personal success also.”
- “As a result, pupils achieve well from their starting points.”
- “Pupils take responsibility for their actions and for their surroundings, for example pupils who have playground responsibilities tidy the sandpit area.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 May 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) | 74% | 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: 72 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 59 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 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Tree Tops 0.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Senacre Wood Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Molehill 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Oaks 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Boughton Monchelsea Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Greenfields Community Primary School 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Tiger Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published