Leigh Academy Hartley, Longfield

In 2025, 93% of Year 6 pupils at Leigh Academy Hartley reached the expected standard in reading and 93% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 73% in Kent and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 85% in reading and 92% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 49 families put Leigh Academy Hartley as their first choice and 130 named it as one of their preferences, for 53 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Leigh Academy Hartley are Our Lady of Hartley Catholic Primary School, Hartley, Longfield (0.3 miles, Outstanding, 78% reading, 78% maths); Fawkham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (1 mile, Good, 82% reading, 91% maths); Langafel Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (1 mile, Requires improvement, 63% reading, 47% maths); and New Ash Green Primary School (1.1 miles, Good, 61% reading, 55% maths).

Leigh Academy Hartley's 2025 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Leigh Academy Hartley is one of 33 schools run by Leigh Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 81% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

7.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 1.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (82%) and Mixed (7%).

In 2026, 38 pupils (8.5%) received SEN support and 3 (0.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Leigh Academy Hartley had 17 teachers in 2026, one for every 24 pupils: fewer teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Longfield Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Post Office (outside), 300 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Leigh Academy Hartley stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 33 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and burglary. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Kent (101).

In 2024/25, Leigh Academy Hartley issued 5 suspensions, 1.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.