Leigh Academy Paddock Wood
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Tonbridge · TN12 6JE · Kent
Ages 4–11
- KS274%
- Absence5.0%
- FSM22.2%
- Demand1.08
1.9 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 142689
Brenchley and Matfield Church of England Primary School
Academy converter · Tonbridge · TN12 7NY
Ages 4–11 · 209 pupils · Kent
Ofsted
School remains Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
86%
Overall absence
5.1%
Admissions demand
0.93 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2024-09-12
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)86%
Higher standard (RWM)11%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 108.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 105.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.1%
Persistent absence (10%+)16.5%
Unauthorised0.9%
- Authorised absence
- 4.2%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.6%
- Enrolments in measure
- 170
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.93 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
25
Places offered
27
1st-preference offers
25
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 81
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 27
- Applications from outside LA
- 1
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill100%
209 pupils · 210 places
- Pupils on roll
- 209
- Boys / girls
- 98 / 111
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 209 / 210 (100%)
- Free school meals
- 12.4%
- FSM pupils
- 26
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Rochester
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE TENAX SCHOOLS TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE TENAX SCHOOLS TRUST
- Sponsor
- The Tenax Schools Trust
- Headteacher
- Miss Jane Mallon
Location
- Address
- Market Heath, Brenchley
- Postcode
- TN12 7NY
- Town
- Tonbridge
- County
- Kent
- Local authority
- Kent
- District
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 4–11, in Tonbridge, Kent, 209 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 12.4%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Rochester.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Leigh Academy Horsmonden
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Tonbridge · TN12 8NJ · Kent
Ages 5–11
- KS288%
- Absence3.9%
- FSM10.3%
- Demand0.83
1.9 miles away
Pembury School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedCommunity school · Primary
Tunbridge Wells · TN2 4EB · Kent
Ages 4–11
- KS265%
- Absence4.4%
- FSM13.3%
- Demand0.90
2.8 miles away
Capel Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Tonbridge · TN12 6RP · Kent
Ages 4–11
- KS248%
- Absence5.1%
- FSM22.0%
- Demand0.93
2.9 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Miss Jane Mallon
- Telephone
- 01892722929