The Schools Guru
The Schools GuruYour personal AI advisor on schools and colleges in EnglandLet's talk 💬

Leigh Academy Molehill

 

Contact Details

Address:
 Hereford Road
 Maidstone
 Kent ME15 7ND
Telephone: 01622 751729

School Type

Phase: Primary (ages 3-11)
Type: Sponsor-Led Academy
Religious Denomination: None
Admissions Policy: Non-selective
Established: 2012
History: This school arose from Molehill Copse Primary School
Trust: Leigh Academies Trust
Sponsor: Leigh Academies Trust

Staff and Pupils

Head of Academy: Laura Smith (since December 2020)
Previous Headteacher: Gemma Brierley
Numbers of Teachers / Assistants*: 14.2 / 11.68
Non-teaching Staff*: 16.21
Number of pupils: 312
Pupils Per Teacher: 22.0
Sex: Mixed (50% boys / 50% girls)
Eligible for free school meals (FSM): 33.00% (medium)
FSM pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 32.2%
Local child deprivation rate: 18.4% (2km radius)
Proportion of ethnic minority pupils: 48.7%
Ethnic minority pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 33.6%
Distance to 10th nearest school†: 2.1km
* Full-time equivalents (FTEs)
† Schools of the same phase (primary or secondary) for which data are available

Location and Administration

Region: South East
Authority: Kent
Electoral Ward: Shepway South
School Number: 8862007

Inspections and Reports

Ofsted Report: 10th December 2024 (view record)

External Links

DfE Record: View record
School Performance Table: View record
The Schools Guide: School indicators | Staff indicators
The Schools Guru: Let's talk 💬
 
 

Nearby Schools

  1. Leigh Academy Oaks (0.4km) show on map
  2. Five Acre Wood School (0.8km) show on map
  3. New Line Learning Academy (0.8km) show on map
  4. Tiger Primary School (0.8km) show on map
  5. Greenfields Community Primary School (0.8km) show on map
  6. Senacre Wood Primary School (0.9km) show on map
  7. King's Reach Education (1.0km) show on map
  8. Leigh Academy Tree Tops (1.2km) show on map
  9. Park Way Primary School (1.4km) show on map
  10. The Holy Family Catholic Primary School (1.5km) show on map
  11. Loose Primary School (1.8km) show on map
  12. Maidstone Grammar School (2.0km) show on map
  13. South Borough Primary School (2.0km) show on map
  14. Leigh Academy Langley Park (2.1km) show on map
  15. Madginford Primary School (2.2km) show on map
  16. Boughton Monchelsea Primary School (2.5km) show on map
  17. Maidstone, St John's Church of England Primar... (2.6km) show on map
  18. Valley Park School (2.7km) show on map
  19. Archbishop Courtenay Primary School (2.7km) show on map
  20. Invicta Grammar School (2.8km) show on map
  21. OneSchool Global UK - Maidstone Campus (2.9km) show on map
  22. Valley Invicta Primary School At East Borough (2.9km) show on map
  23. Cornwallis Academy (3.0km) show on map
  24. Thurnham Church of England Infant School (3.1km) show on map
  25. Roseacre Junior School (3.1km) show on map
  26. Maidstone, St Michael's Church of England Jun... (3.1km) show on map
  27. St Michael's Church of England Infant School ... (3.1km) show on map
  28. MEPA Academy (3.2km) show on map
  29. School of Science and Technology Maidstone (3.7km) show on map
  30. Leigh Academy Bearsted (3.7km) show on map
  31. Leigh Academy Snowfields (3.7km) show on map
  32. Maidstone and Malling Alternative Provision (3.8km) show on map
  33. Coxheath Primary School (3.9km) show on map
  34. Oakwood Park Grammar School (3.9km) show on map
  35. Brunswick House Primary School (4.0km) show on map
  36. Maidstone Grammar School for Girls (4.0km) show on map
  37. North Borough Junior School (4.1km) show on map
  38. St Augustine Academy (4.1km) show on map
  39. East Farleigh Primary School (4.1km) show on map
  40. Jubilee Primary School (4.2km) show on map
  41. The Maplesden Noakes School (4.2km) show on map
  42. St Paul's Infant School (4.2km) show on map
  43. St Simon Stock Catholic School (4.2km) show on map
  44. St Francis' Catholic Primary School, Maidstone (4.3km) show on map
  45. Serenity School Maidstone (4.3km) show on map
  46. Bower Grove School (4.4km) show on map
  47. West Borough Primary School (4.4km) show on map
  48. Leeds and Broomfield Church of England Primar... (4.7km) show on map
  49. Sandling Primary School (4.7km) show on map
  50. Sutton Valence Primary School (5.0km) show on map
  51. Palace Wood Primary School (5.1km) show on map
  52. Sutton Valence School (5.2km) show on map
  53. St Helens Montessori School (5.3km) show on map
  54. Barming Primary School (5.3km) show on map
  55. Allington Primary School (5.4km) show on map
  56. Hollingbourne Primary School (6.4km) show on map
  57. Kingswood Primary School (6.8km) show on map
  58. Hunton Church of England Primary School (7.0km) show on map
  59. Sports Connect (7.1km) show on map
  60. St Peter's Church of England Primary School (7.5km) show on map
  61. Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford (7.8km) show on map
  62. Aylesford School (7.8km) show on map
  63. Ditton Infant School (7.9km) show on map
  64. Yalding, St Peter and St Paul Church of Engla... (8.1km) show on map
  65. Ulcombe Church of England Primary School (8.2km) show on map
  66. Ditton Church of England Junior School (8.2km) show on map
  67. Harrietsham Church of England Primary School (8.5km) show on map
  68. Wateringbury Church of England Primary School (8.6km) show on map
  69. The Malling School (8.8km) show on map
  70. St Mark's Church of England Primary School, Eccles (9.0km) show on map
  71. The Discovery School (9.2km) show on map
  72. Lift St James the Great (9.2km) show on map
  73. St Margaret's, Collier Street Church of Engla... (9.2km) show on map
  74. Bredhurst Church of England Voluntary Control... (9.3km) show on map
  75. Brookfield Infant School (9.3km) show on map
  76. Lunsford Primary School (9.3km) show on map
  77. Brookfield Junior School (9.3km) show on map
  78. Swingate Primary School (9.3km) show on map
  79. Leigh Academy Marden (9.4km) show on map
  80. Tunbury Primary School (9.5km) show on map
  81. St Benedict's Catholic Primary School (9.8km) show on map
  82. Staplehurst School (9.8km) show on map
  83. Burham Church of England Primary School (9.9km) show on map
  84. More Park Catholic Primary School (10.1km) show on map
  85. Lordswood School (10.1km) show on map
  86. Leybourne, St Peter and St Paul Church of Eng... (10.2km) show on map
  87. Laddingford St Mary's Church of England Volun... (10.3km) show on map
  88. Walderslade Primary School (10.3km) show on map
  89. Platts Heath Primary School (10.3km) show on map
  90. Headcorn Primary School (10.4km) show on map
  91. Earley Springs (10.4km) show on map
  92. Kings Hill School Primary and Nursery (10.5km) show on map
  93. Valley Invicta Primary School At Kings Hill (10.6km) show on map
  94. St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School (10.7km) show on map
  95. Deanwood Primary School (10.8km) show on map
  96. Oaklands School (10.9km) show on map
  97. Hempstead Junior School (11.0km) show on map
  98. West Malling Church of England Primary School... (11.0km) show on map
  99. St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School (11.0km) show on map
  100. Grow 19 LTD (11.1km) show on map
Note: If school locations don't appear on the map then try zooming out

Associated Schools

Predecessor Schools†
† Establishments now closed from which this school arose, or with which it has merged

Similar Schools*

  1. Grange Primary Academy, Kettering
  2. The Gateway Primary Free School, Grays
  3. Temple Sutton Primary School, Southend-on-Sea
  4. Perrymount Primary School, London
  5. Heathfield Primary and Nursery School, Nottingham
  6. Northfield Road Primary School, Dudley
  7. Northgate Primary School, Great Yarmouth
  8. St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Birmingham
  9. Blessed Mother Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Stafford
  10. Oakwood Primary Academy, Eastbourne
  11. Inspire Academy, Tameside
  12. Christ The King Catholic Academy, Blackpool
  13. Hamstead Primary School, Birmingham
  14. St Mary's Church of England Primary School St Neots
  15. Ark Conway Primary Academy, London
  16. Leesons Primary School, Orpington
  17. Heron Park Primary Academy, Eastbourne
  18. Elm Academy, Bournemouth
  19. Kingfisher Community Primary School, Chatham
  20. Putnoe Primary School, Bedford
  21. Whitmore Primary School and Nursery, Basildon
  22. Elton Community Primary School, Bury
  23. High Leigh Primary School, Hoddesdon
  24. Northlands Primary School and Nursery, Basildon
  25. Elston Hall Primary School, Wolverhampton
  26. Olga Primary School, London
  27. Purley Oaks Primary School, South Croydon
  28. Preston Greenlands Community Primary School
  29. St Anne's Catholic Academy, Nuneaton
  30. Great Harwood Primary School, Blackburn
  31. Harris Primary Academy Orpington
  32. Riverside Primary School, Hereford
  33. St Thomas More RC Primary School, Middlesbrough
  34. Leatherhead Trinity School and Nursery
  35. Gladstone Road Primary School, Scarborough
  36. Fir Tree Primary School and Nursery, Newbury
  37. St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow
  38. Thornhill Primary School, London
  39. Bowlee Park Community Primary School, Manchester
  40. Kingsway Primary School, Goole
  41. Tilbury Pioneer Academy
  42. Outwood Primary Academy Darfield, Barnsley
  43. Micklem Primary School, Hemel Hempstead
  44. Endike Academy, Hull
  45. Holway Park Community Primary School, Taunton
  46. St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy, Wolverhampton
  47. Stanstead Flying High Academy, Nottingham
  48. Warwick Academy, Wellingborough
  49. St Stephen's CofE Primary School, London
  50. St Thomas' Leesfield CofE Primary School, Oldham
  51. Thorpe Lea Primary School, Egham
  52. Solebay Primary - A Paradigm Academy, London
  53. St Bernard's Roman Catholic Primary & Nursery School, Ellesmere Port
  54. Mead Primary School, Romford
  55. Castleton Primary School, Rochdale
  56. Oasis Academy Ryelands, London
  57. East Stour Primary School, Ashford
  58. St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Doncaster
  59. Fibbersley Park Academy, Willenhall
  60. Golborne Community Primary School, Warrington
  61. Peacehaven Heights Academy
  62. Parklands Primary School, Leeds
  63. Manorside Academy, Poole
  64. Woodside Green, A Share Primary Academy, Huddersfield
  65. Burford Primary and Nursery School, Nottingham
  66. St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School, Barnsley
  67. Sparken Hill Academy, Worksop
  68. Wodensfield Primary School, Wolverhampton
  69. St. George's School, Colchester
  70. Ellacombe Church of England Academy, Torquay
  71. Mount Carmel RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy, Manchester
  72. Freshwaters Primary Academy, Harlow
  73. St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon Street, St Helens
  74. Woodlands Primary School, Borehamwood
  75. Crescent Primary School, Mansfield
  76. Huntingtower Community Primary Academy, Grantham
  77. Hunningley Primary Academy, Barnsley
  78. Thomas Jolyffe Primary School, Stratford-upon-Avon
  79. Childwall Valley Primary School, Liverpool
  80. Worsbrough Common Primary School, Barnsley
  81. Holy Cross Catholic Primary School, St Helens
  82. Priory Lane Community School, Scunthorpe
  83. Brockholes Wood Community Primary School and Nursery, Preston
  84. Kemsley Primary Academy, Sittingbourne
  85. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Primary School, Doncaster
  86. Edward Worlledge Ormiston Academy, Great Yarmouth
  87. Willow Lane Community Primary School, Lancaster
  88. School of Christ The King Catholic Primary, Bristol
  89. Mersey Primary Academy, Hull
  90. Sandringham Primary School, Doncaster
  91. Boarshaw Community Primary School, Manchester
  92. St Matthew's Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery C...
  93. Macaulay Primary Academy, Grimsby
  94. Saxon Way Primary School, Gillingham
  95. St Clare's Catholic Primary School, Chester
  96. Charles Dickens Primary School, London
  97. Hollin Primary School, Manchester
  98. Oriel Academy West London, Feltham
  99. The Forest Academy, Barnsley
  100. Shaw Primary Academy, South Ockendon
* Based on pupil profiles – see About page for details

 | Copyright © 2026 |