Leigh Academy Bexley

Type Secondary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 11-19
Religion Unknown
Address Avenue Road
Erith
Kent
DA8 3BN
Reference Number 149898

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1042
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.73%
Girls: 48.27%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 40.6%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 19%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23.2

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 84 76 160
8 81 97 178
9 118 83 201
10 80 87 167
11 139 129 268
12 11 13 24
13 26 18 44

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 59.9%
African 8.2%
White, Other 6.4%
Indian 4.6%
Unclassified 4.6%
Asian, Other 2.3%
Mixed, Other 2%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.4%
White & Black (African) 1.3%
Caribbean 1.2%
White & Asian 1%
Pakistani 0.6%
Chinese 0.5%
Irish 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating As of September 2024, Ofsted no longer give a one word rating for schools. See our blog post for more details.
Last Inspection Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
32.7 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 24.8% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 32.7% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 68 13
Third Preference 66 7
From another Local Authority 17 5

Name Distance
St Fidelis Catholic Primary School
Bexley Road, Erith, Kent, DA8 3HQ
0.28 miles
Barnehurst Infant School
Barnehurst Close, Northumberland Heath, Erith, Kent, DA8 3NL
0.38 miles
Christ Church (Erith) CofE Primary School
Lesney Park Road, Erith, Kent, DA8 3DG
0.39 miles
Barnehurst Junior School
Barnehurst Close, Northumberland Heath, Erith, Kent, DA8 3NL
0.4 miles
Northumberland Heath Primary School
Wheelock Close, Northumberland Heath, Erith, Kent, DA8 1JE
0.41 miles
Fairford Academy Barnehurst
Fairford Avenue, Barnehurst, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA7 6QP
0.45 miles
Lime Wood Primary School
2 Sandy Road, Erith, Kent, DA8 1FJ
0.58 miles
Peareswood Primary School
Peareswood Road, Erith, Kent, DA8 3PR
0.72 miles
Bursted Wood Primary School
Swanbridge Road, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA7 5BS
0.73 miles
Belmont Academy
Belmont Road, Erith, Kent, DA8 1LE
0.87 miles
Lessness Heath Primary School
Erith Road, Belvedere, Kent, DA17 6HB
0.96 miles
Haberdashers' Slade Green Primary
Chrome Road, Slade Green, Erith, Kent, DA8 2EL
1.07 miles
St. Paul's (Slade Green) Church of England Primary School
Slade Green Road, St Paul's(Slade Green) C of E Primary, Erith, Kent, DA8 2HX
1.12 miles
Belvedere Infant School
Mitchell Close, Belvedere, Kent, DA17 6AA
1.2 miles
Mayplace Primary School
Woodside Road, Barnehurst, Kent, DA7 6EQ
1.2 miles
Belvedere Junior School
Mitchell Close, Belvedere, Kent, DA17 6AA
1.2 miles
St Thomas More Catholic Primary School
Sheldon Road, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA7 4PH
1.27 miles
Pelham Primary School
Pelham Road, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA7 4HL
1.28 miles
St Paulinus Church of England Primary School
Iron Mill Lane, Crayford, Dartford, Kent, DA1 4RW
1.41 miles
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Old Road, Crayford, Dartford, Kent, DA1 4DZ
1.42 miles
Name Distance
Woodside Academy
Colyers Lane, Erith, Kent, DA8 3PB
0.35 miles
Trinity Church of England School, Belvedere
Erith Road, Belvedere, Kent, DA17 6HT
0.85 miles
Break Through School
121 Nuxley Road, Belvedere, DA17 5JX
1.04 miles
Cornerstone School
Halt Robin Road, Belvedere, Kent, DA17 6DW
1.17 miles
Endeavour Academy Bexley
Woodside Road, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA7 6LB
1.32 miles
Shenstone School
94 Old Road, Crayford, Kent, DA1 4DZ
1.42 miles
Bexleyheath Academy
Woolwich Road, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 7DA
1.43 miles
St Catherine's Catholic School
Watling Street, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 7QJ
1.44 miles
Haberdashers' Crayford Academy
Iron Mill Lane, Crayford, Dartford, Kent, DA1 4RS
1.5 miles
St Columba's Catholic Boys' School
Halcot Avenue, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 7QB
1.61 miles
Townley Grammar School
Townley Road, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 7AB
2.01 miles
Beths Grammar School
Hartford Road, Bexley, Kent, DA5 1NE
2.02 miles
Harris Garrard Academy
Yarnton Way, Thamesmead, Erith, Kent, DA18 4DW
2.04 miles
Welling School
Elsa Road, Welling, Kent, DA16 1LB
2.28 miles
Park View Academy
146-148 Parkview Road, Welling, Kent, DA16 1SR
2.36 miles
Dartford Grammar School
West Hill, Dartford, Kent, DA1 2HW
2.63 miles
The Leigh UTC
Brunel Way, Dartford, Kent, DA1 5TF
2.67 miles
Dartford Grammar School for Girls
Shepherds Lane, Dartford, Kent, DA1 2NT
2.68 miles
Pulse and Water College
138 Eynsham Drive, Abbey Wood, London, Greenwich, SE2 9PT
2.72 miles
Dartford Science & Technology College
Heath Lane, Dartford, Kent, DA1 2LY
2.76 miles
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