- What did Ofsted judge Leighton Academy's overall effectiveness to be?
- Ofsted judged Leighton Academy's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in February 2023, on Ofsted's own scale.
- How many pupils attend Leighton Academy?
- Leighton Academy has 467 pupils on roll.
- What ages does Leighton Academy take?
- Leighton Academy admits pupils aged 2 to 11.
- Where is Leighton Academy located?
- Leighton Academy is located in Crewe, CW1 3PP, Cheshire East.
- How do I apply to Leighton Academy?
- Leighton Academy is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.
- How close do you need to live to get into Leighton Academy?
- On offer day for 2026-27 (Reception), the furthest place offered at Leighton Academy was 1.847 miles from the school. That is the distance the last place reached in one year, not a boundary and not a guarantee — it moves with the number of applicants.
- How are Reception places decided at Leighton Academy?
- When Leighton Academy has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. ‘Looked after children’ and children who were previously ‘looked after’ — ‘Looked after children’ and children who were previously ‘looked after’. A ‘looked after child’ is a child who is in the care of a local authority or being provided with accommodation by a local authority (as defined in section 22of the Children Act 1989) at the time of making the application to school. Children previously ‘lo oked after’ are children who were looked after as defined above, but immediately after being ‘looked after’ became subject to an adoption, child arrangements, or special guardianship order. An adoption order is an order under section 46 of the Adoption and Children act 2002. A ‘child arrangements order’ is an order settling the arrangements to be made as to the person with whom the child is to live under section 8 of the Children Act 1989. Section 14A of the Children Act 1989 defines a ‘special OFFICIAL guardianship order’ as an order appointing one or more individuals to be a child’s special guardian (or special guardians); 2. Siblings - pupils with brothers or sisters — Siblings - pupils with brothers or sisters, step -brothers or step -sisters, foster brother or sisters, half - brother or half -sisters, adopted brothers or adopted sisters living together as part of one household, already attending the preferred school (in years recepti on through to year 6) and expected to continue at the school in the following school year (i.e. at the time of admission); 3. Children of staff at the school - Priority will be given to children of full -time members of staff who have been employ — Children of staff at the school - Priority will be given to children of full -time members of staff who have been employed at the school for two or more years (at the time of application) and for new staff recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage, and 2 further criteria.
- What is the largest ethnic background at Leighton Academy?
- According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 67.9% of pupils at Leighton Academy are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.