Leigh Academy Marden
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Tonbridge, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
26.583 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Leigh Academy Marden is a primary school in Tonbridge, Kent for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 February 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Leigh Academy Marden 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 | 26.583 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
- For Reception 2026, the last place offered went to a child living 26.583 miles away, 12th longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- In 2024/25, 74% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 19% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- In 2026 the Reception last distance was further than in 2025; there were 53 first-choice applications for 59 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Free school meals: 33.1% of pupils are eligible, against a middle figure of 13.4% across 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
- Goudhurst Road, Marden, Tonbridge, TN12 9JX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 323 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 February 2023
Strengths
- “It is a pleasure to meet the happy and enthusiastic pupils at Marden Primary Academy.”
- “They reflect the school’s values of ‘ready, respect, safe’ in all that they do.”
- “Parents describe the school as having ‘a strong community feel, which is hugely inclusive’.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, they are working to ensure that all staff use key terms and concepts more consistently.”
- “In subjects where the curriculum is in the earlier stages of development, pupils have less secure knowledge.”
- “However, in a small number of lessons, a few pupils find the work tricky to access, as it is too ambitious for them.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 April 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) | 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: 53 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 53 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.
- St Margaret's, Collier Street Church of England Voluntary Controlled School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Staplehurst School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hunton Church of England Primary School 3.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Horsmonden 3.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Colliers Green Church of England Primary School 3.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Laddingford St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 3.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Coxheath Primary School 4.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Goudhurst and Kilndown Church of England Primary School 4.2 mi Not judged Last distance published