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Leeds and Broomfield Church of England Primary School

Primary · Maidstone · ME17 1RL

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Needs attention

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Needs attentionPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 2 June 2026 · report published 30 June 2026

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At a glance

87 pupils · 83% of 105 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
17.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
9.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
9.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.leedsandbroomfieldkentsch.co.uk
URN
118623

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 4 families named it first for 6 Reception places, 0.67 first choices per place. We hold 4 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2023 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 2 June 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Needs attention. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.67 first-choice applications per place

6 places offered · 4 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

14 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
7%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
99
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
94
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school7%
Median of its 12 closest peers46%
Kent average63.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
St Martin's Cofe Primary AcademyDoncaster · 166 miles awayRequires improvement47%
Corby Glen Community Primary SchoolGrantham · 118 miles awayExpected standard0%
Street Lane Primary SchoolRipley · 150 miles awayGood77%
Middleton-on-the-Wolds Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolDriffield · 192 miles awayGood44%
Chadlington Church of England Primary SchoolChipping Norton · 102 miles awayGood85%
Kingshill Church SchoolNailsea · 146 miles awayGood32%
Bratton Fleming Community Primary SchoolBarnstaple · 197 miles awayGood33%
Barnby and North Cove Community Primary SchoolBeccles · 94 miles awayExpected standard33%
Styal Primary SchoolWilmslow · 189 miles awayGood63%
Rivenhall Church of England Primary SchoolWitham · 40 miles awayGood67%
Holywell Church of England SchoolBarnstaple · 203 miles awayGood45%
Broadwas CofE Aided Primary SchoolWorcester · 143 miles awayExpected standard88%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 75% (Kent 70%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 7% (Kent 3%, England 3%) · Any other White background 5% (Kent 7%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Kent 2%, England 2%) · Black African 2% (Kent 5%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Kent 1%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 2% (Kent 1%, England 0%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Kent 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Kent 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Kent 1%, England 1%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 1% (Kent 0%, England 0%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
28.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

8.79 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Kent: 3.00 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
13.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

50% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.9 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £43,485; 14.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£10,081
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 56% (76%) · premises 2% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 5% (9%) · educational supplies 1% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £46,882; in-year balance +£13,930

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher29.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications16.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work39.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways13.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier81.3%62.3%
Social housing9.3%17.1%
Privately rented9.4%20.5%
Detached houses50.4%22.9%
Flats4.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms31.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van6.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01024375 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£430,00033 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£340,000–£740,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (8)£726,000
Semi-detached (8)£405,000
Terraced (7)£300,000
Flat (10)£655,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
3a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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