Primary
Leigh Academy Hartley
Round Ash Way, Hartley, Longfield, DA3 8BT
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 445 of 420 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 27.0
- Local authority
- Kent
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- LEIGH ACADEMIES TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 16.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 33.3
- Pupils per adult
- 13.3
- Pupils
- 443
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 October 2023
Outstanding
- 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 inspections1
February 2022
Ungraded inspection
Outstanding
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SATs results
90%
26 points above the LONGFIELD average (64% across 5 schools)
110.0
4.4 above the LONGFIELD average (105.6 across 5 schools)
1st of 5 by our score, among the primary schools in LONGFIELD we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 108 |
| Average reading score | 110 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 90% |
| 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 | 58% |
| 23/24 | 73% |
| 24/25 | 90% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 107.0 |
| 24/25 | 110.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 107.0 |
| 24/25 | 108.0 |
Round Ash Way, Hartley, Longfield, DA3 8BT
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
- Stuart Mitchell
- Address
- Round Ash Way, Hartley, Longfield, DA3 8BT
- Telephone
- 01474702742
Other primary schools nearby
- Our Lady of Hartley Catholic Primary School, Hartley, Longfield8.4/10
- Fawkham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School7.0/10
- Langafel Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School3.0/10
- New Ash Green Primary School5.4/10
- Istead Rise Primary School7.2/10
- Sedley's Church of England Primary School6.4/10