Leighton Academy, Crewe

From the headteacher's welcome: "Leighton Academy is a dedicated and passionate school where the pupils are placed at the centre of key decisions. Our values of working hard and being kind underpin our rigorous and broad curriculum. Staff and pupils at Leighton have developed our curriculum to ensure that it is underpinned by knowledge and vocabulary rich, with a focus on quality first teaching."

The school runs after-school care.

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils at Leighton Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 72% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 80% and 78% in Cheshire East and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 75% in reading and 81% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 51 families put Leighton Academy as their first choice and 122 named it as one of their preferences, for 57 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 2 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Leighton Academy are Mablins Lane Community Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 78% reading, 73% maths); Underwood West Academy (0.7 miles, Good, 52% reading, 63% maths); St Michael's Community Academy (0.8 miles, Requires improvement, 47% reading, 47% maths); and Beechwood Primary School and Nursery (1.2 miles, Good, 56% reading, 67% maths).

Leighton Academy's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Leighton Academy is one of 15 schools run by The Learning Partnership Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 71% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

In 2026, 71 pupils (15.2%) received SEN support and 30 (6.4%) 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 speech, language and communication needs.

Leighton Academy has a SEN unit for speech, language and communication needs: 20 places, 20 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Crewe Rail Station, about 2.2 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Minshull Court (opposite), 90 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Leighton Academy stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 184 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, public order offences and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Cheshire East (61), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Leighton Academy issued 10 suspensions, 2.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Leighton Academy are Crewe Engineering and Design UTC (1.4 miles), Cheshire Studio School (1.4 miles), The Oaks Academy (1.6 miles) and Sir William Stanier School (1.6 miles).