Leybourne, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · West Malling, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.484 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Leybourne, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary Academy is a primary school in West Malling, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Leybourne, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary 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 | 0.484 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 Reception 2026 place went to a child 0.484 miles away, 39th shortest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance, including this one.
- Reception 2026 drew 27 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 23 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (15%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 81% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 9% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 figure was the highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Kent that have results.
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
- Rectory Lane North, Leybourne, West Malling, ME19 5HD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 211 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 6 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to be members of this school and describe it as a place where they feel part of a family.”
- “They say that everyone knows each other and that they can talk to any adult if they need help.”
- “Friendships matter to pupils, and they enjoy making friends across different classes.”
To improve
- “Pupils' work across the wider curriculum shows they make progress, although recall in some subjects is less secure than in others.”
- “However, while children form letters correctly during teacher-led sessions, this is not always evident in their independent writing.”
- “Where such errors are not corrected, children continue to make mistakes in their handwriting.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 February 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) | 81% | 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: 27 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 23 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.
- More Park Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lunsford Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brookfield Infant School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Brookfield Junior School 0.7 mi School remains Good
- Lift St James the Great 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- West Malling Church of England Primary School and McGinty Speech and Language Srp 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Ditton Church of England Junior School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade