Leigh Academy Snowfields
Free schools special · Mixed · Kent
Popesfield Way, Maidstone, ME14 5GA
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Outstanding
Graded 27/06/2023
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
82.6%
39.9% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
355
Capacity used
Has space90%
396 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Free schools special
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Laura Smith
- Address
- Popesfield Way, Maidstone, ME14 5GA
- Phone
- 01622250050
- Local authority
- Kent
- Ward / constituency
- Grove Green & Vinters Park · Faversham and Mid Kent
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 147870
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 33% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 0% | — | — |
| SEN support | 0% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: LEIGH ACADEMIES TRUST
355 pupils · 396 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
27 June 2023
Full graded inspection
Outstanding overall effectivenessPersonal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 306 pupils
Attendance
82.6%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
17.4%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
39.9%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
12.4%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
5.2%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 16.5 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 4.4% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 8.9% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 1.4 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 45 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combined Science | 41 | 0% | 12% | 27% | |
| English Language | 38 | 0% | 8% | 21% | |
| Mathematics | 36 | 0% | 11% | 19% | |
| English Literature | 17 | 0% | 12% | 47% | |
| Art and Design | 15 | 0% | 7% | 20% | |
| Statistics | 9 | 0% | 22% | 56% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.