Leigh Academy Horsmonden
Academy converter primary school in Tonbridge (Kent).
Location
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Here at Leigh Academy Horsmonden, our aim is to encourage lifelong learning and develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring individuals that understand the world around them while demonstrating respect. It is important to us all that Horsmonden children are prepared for life outside Horsmonden and that journey starts the minute they walk through our doors.
I feel extremely privileged to be Principal at Leigh Academy Horsmonden and to work with such a dedicated, experienced and knowledgeable staff team. We are all proud to work here and firmly believe in every child achieving their best through providing inspiring, motivating and exciting learning opportunities.
Our curriculum is framed by the Primary Years Programme, from the International Baccalaureate and we strongly believe in the 10 learner profile attributes. They represent the capacities and responsibilities for intellectual, personal, emotional and social growth.
Together, staff and children are: inquirers, knowledgeable, thinkers, communicators, principled, open-minded, caring, risk takers, balanced and reflective.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Key facts
- URN
- 147280
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Kent
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2019
Governing body (7 current, 3 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.1 governor is linked to a profile (all confirmed).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Theresa Davies Confirmed same person | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jane Brown | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Stephen Davis | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Ms Jane Tipple | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Thomas Moore | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| David Hill | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Ms Georgina Rawling | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Rev Nicky Harvey Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Mark Scholey Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Deborah Biggenden Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record