Leigh Academy Bearsted
Primary · Free schools · Ages 3–11 · Maidstone, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
5.239 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Leigh Academy Bearsted is a primary school in Maidstone, Kent for ages 3–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 24 January 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Leigh Academy Bearsted 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 | 5.239 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
- In Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 5.239 miles away, the 92nd longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 36 first-choice applications for 47 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 11 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%).
- The 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the 2nd highest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 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
- Popesfield Way, Weavering, Maidstone, ME14 5GA
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 412 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 33.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 24 January 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils love their new and ‘kind’ school.”
- “Older pupils show a maturity beyond their years as they forge the pathway that others will follow.”
- “They have enquiring minds and enjoy learning ‘great new things’.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 March 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) | 75% | 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: 36 first-preference applications, 47 offers in total, 36 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.
- Maidstone, St John's Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Roseacre Junior School 0.8 mi Good
- Thurnham Church of England Infant School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Valley Invicta Primary School At East Borough 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Madginford Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sandling Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Paul's Infant School 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- North Borough Junior School 1.5 mi School remains Good