Leigh Academy Hugh Christie
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Kent
White Cottage Road, Tonbridge, TN10 4PU
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Requires improvement
Graded 11/10/2023
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
89.3%
34.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
688
Capacity used
Has space56%
1,226 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
64 of 64 families who put it first got an offer
120
Places offered
214
Total applications
1.8
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 64 | 64 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 61 | 12 | ● 20% |
| 3rd preference | 45 | 5 | ● 11% |
| 4th preference | 44 | 2 | ● 5% |
| Total | 214 | 83 | 39% |
Kent lets families list 4 preferences. Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Palak Shah
- Address
- White Cottage Road, Tonbridge, TN10 4PU
- Phone
- 01732353544
- Local authority
- Kent
- Ward / constituency
- Trench · Tonbridge
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 150743
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 40% | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | — | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: LEIGH ACADEMIES TRUST
688 pupils · 1,226 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
11 October 2023
Full graded inspection
Requires improvement overall effectivenessSixth form Good Personal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 712 pupils
Attendance
89.3%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
10.7%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
34.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
8.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
4.9%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 40.5 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 29.9% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 54.7% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 50.4% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.53 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 137 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 29.88 | 35 |
| Average grade | C | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 15.4% | 17% |
| A-level students | 38 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 135 | 11% | 42% | 66% | |
| English Language | 135 | 11% | 38% | 53% | |
| English Literature | 133 | 8% | 32% | 52% | |
| Combined Science | 90 | 2% | 27% | 61% | |
| Art and Design | 74 | 8% | 45% | 82% | |
| Geography | 70 | 10% | 30% | 47% | |
| History | 66 | 12% | 36% | 41% | |
| Biology | 44 | 14% | 43% | 57% | |
| Physics | 43 | 16% | 42% | 56% | |
| Chemistry | 43 | 16% | 42% | 56% | |
| German | 37 | 3% | 27% | 59% | |
| Spanish | 30 | 3% | 7% | 33% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 9 | 33% | 33% | 78% | |
| Biology | 8 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Photography | 8 | 0% | 13% | 25% | |
| Media / Film / TV Studies | 8 | 0% | 13% | 25% | |
| History | 7 | 0% | 29% | 71% | |
| Chemistry | 7 | 0% | 0% | 29% | |
| Physics | 6 | 0% | 33% | 83% | |
| Sociology | 6 | 0% | 17% | 17% | |
| Art and Design | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Geography | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| English Literature | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Design and Technology (Product Design) | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 11368: Leigh Academy Hugh Christie
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Kent council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.