Primary
Leigh Academy Oaks
Oak Tree Avenue, Maidstone, ME15 9AX
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 211 of 213 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.9
- Local authority
- Kent
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- LEIGH ACADEMIES TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 12.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 24.8
- Pupils per adult
- 8.5
- Pupils
- 210
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2026
- AchievementExceptional
- Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
- Curriculum and teachingExceptional
- Early yearsExceptional
- InclusionExceptional
- Leadership and governanceExceptional
- Personal development and wellbeingExceptional
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
September 2021
Previous framework
Outstanding
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Early yearsOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
SATs results
89%
26 points above the Maidstone average (63% across 42 schools)
110.0
4.1 above the Maidstone average (105.9 across 42 schools)
1st of 42 by our score, among the primary schools in Maidstone we can score - 45 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 109 |
| Average reading score | 110 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 89% |
| Working at a higher standard | 30% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 89% |
| 23/24 | 92% |
| 24/25 | 89% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 110.0 |
| 23/24 | 109.0 |
| 24/25 | 110.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 109.0 |
| 23/24 | 110.0 |
| 24/25 | 109.0 |
Oak Tree Avenue, Maidstone, ME15 9AX
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Kent admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Luke Coulson
- Address
- Oak Tree Avenue, Maidstone, ME15 9AX
- Telephone
- 01622755960