Leigh Academy Molehill
Primary schoolLeigh Academy Molehill is a primary school in Maidstone, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 312 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 10 December 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 85% of pupils at Leigh Academy Molehill met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in Kent and 62% in England.
21% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Kent | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 85% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 21% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 113 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 111 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Leigh Academy OaksPrimary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 89% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)380 m
- Five Acre Wood SchoolSpecial. Outstanding (overall), July 2024800 m
- Greenfields Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, January 2025. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)830 m
- New Line Learning AcademySecondary. Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 29.2 (2025/26, provisional)890 m
- Tiger Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), September 2023. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)890 m
- Senacre Wood Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, December 2024. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)930 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Maidstone
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).