Leigh Academy Cherry Orchard
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · Ebbsfleet, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.193 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Leigh Academy Cherry Orchard is a primary school in Ebbsfleet, Kent for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 9 November 2021. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Leigh Academy Cherry Orchard 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 | 0.193 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
- Reception 2026 had 132 first-choice applications for 59 offers, 2.2 first choices per offer, the highest of 426 Kent primary schools.
- For Reception 2026, 58 offers went to first-choice families and 74 first-choice families (56%) were not offered a place; 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- The last Reception offer in 2026 went to a child living 0.193 miles away, the 7th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance, and about the same as in 2025.
- In 2024/25, 83% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd 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
- Cherry Orchard, Cherry Orchard Road, Ebbsfleet Valley, Ebbsfleet, DA10 1AD
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 447 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 28.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 9 November 2021
Strengths
- “During their time at Cherry Orchard, pupils achieve exceptionally well, feel highly valued and flourish.”
- “Inclusion is not simply something pupils learn about.”
- “It is a lived reality which permeates every aspect of the provision.”
To improve
- “Leaders should build on the established strengths in the early years to enhance the high standards of education and care for all children, including those who are disadvantaged.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 September 2026 (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) | 83% | 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: 132 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 58 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.
- Ebbsfleet Green Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Manor Community Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Craylands School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Springhead Park Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Bean Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Knockhall Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lawn Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Northfleet 1.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published