Leigh Academy Paddock Wood[1]

Primary · ages 4–11

Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard: KS2 86% 86% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths): 86% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths): 21% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score: 108 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score: 107 2024/25[2]

Earlier years
Year	Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)	Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)	Reading, average scaled score	Maths, average scaled score
2023/24	74%[3]	16%[3]	107[3]	105[3]
2022/23	64%[4]	13%[4]	105[4]	103[4]

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 8 Nov 2023[5]
Type: S5 Inspection[5]
Report published: 14 Dec 2023[5]
Personal development: Outstanding[5]
Quality of education: Good[5]
Overall effectiveness: Good[5]
Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding[5]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[5]
Early years provision (where applicable): Good[5]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[5]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place: 1.5 Entry Sept 2026[6]
Applications (any preference): 132 Entry Sept 2026[6]
First preferences: 81 Entry Sept 2026[6]
Places offered: 88 Entry Sept 2026[6]
First preferences per place: 0.9 Entry Sept 2026[6]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	103[6]	74[6]	81[6]	1.3[6]	0.9[6]
Entry Sept 2024	132[6]	97[6]	90[6]	1.5[6]	1.1[6]
Entry Sept 2023	116[6]	82[6]	84[6]	1.4[6]	1.0[6]
Entry Sept 2022	109[6]	78[6]	87[6]	1.3[6]	0.9[6]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy converter[1]
Ages: 4–11[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 630[1]
Trust: LEIGH ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority: Kent[1]
Website: www.leighacademypaddockwood.org.uk [1]
District: Tunbridge Wells [7]
Postcode: TN12 6JE[1]
URN: 147409[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 616 2024/25[8]
English as an additional language: 8.8% 2024/25[8]
SEN support: 7.5% 2024/25[8]
EHC plan: 1.5% 2024/25[8]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 22.7% 2024/25[8]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 81.7%[9]
Mixed: 8.1%[9]
Asian: 6.1%[9]
Black: 2.3%[9]
Any other ethnic group: 0.6%[9]
Unclassified: 1.1%[9]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.