Primary
Leigh Academy Molehill
Hereford Road, Maidstone, ME15 7ND
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 312 of 315 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
- Local authority
- Kent
- Nursery
- Yes
- SEN provision
- HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Trust
- LEIGH ACADEMIES TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 29.3
- Pupils per adult
- 10.4
- Pupils
- 304
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 December 2024
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Early yearsOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
June 2023
Ungraded inspection
Good
Read the report (opens in a new tab)January 2018
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
SATs results
85%
22 points above the Maidstone average (63% across 42 schools)
113.0
7.1 above the Maidstone average (105.9 across 42 schools)
3rd 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 | 111 |
| Average reading score | 113 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 85% |
| Working at a higher standard | 21% |
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 | 63% |
| 23/24 | 81% |
| 24/25 | 85% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 103.0 |
| 23/24 | 112.0 |
| 24/25 | 113.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 104.0 |
| 23/24 | 109.0 |
| 24/25 | 111.0 |
Hereford Road, Maidstone, ME15 7ND
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
- Head of Academy
- Laura Smith
- Address
- Hereford Road, Maidstone, ME15 7ND
- Telephone
- 01622751729