Leigh Academy Minster
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Kent
Minster Road, Sheerness, ME12 3JQ
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
71%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
87.0%
39.3% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,005
Capacity used
Has space87%
1,150 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
71%
1st preference success rate
157 of 222 families who put it first got an offer
172
Places offered
411
Total applications
2.4
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 222 | 157 | ● 71% |
| 2nd preference | 118 | 12 | ● 10% |
| 3rd preference | 34 | 2 | ● 6% |
| 4th preference | 37 | 1 | ● 3% |
| Total | 411 | 172 | 42% |
Kent lets families list 4 preferences. 2 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). 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
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Mathieu Stevens
- Address
- Minster Road, Sheerness, ME12 3JQ
- Phone
- 01795358250
- Local authority
- Kent
- Ward / constituency
- Queenborough and Halfway · Sittingbourne and Sheppey
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 150935
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 42% | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | — | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: LEIGH ACADEMIES TRUST
1,005 pupils · 1,150 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
View all Ofsted reportsAttendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,067 pupils
Attendance
87.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
13.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
39.3%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
8.3%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
8.7%
Absences the school didn't approve
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 | 28.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 7.5% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 25.4% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 32.9% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.36 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 228 | — |
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 | 17.58 | 35 |
| Average grade | D- | — |
| A-level students | 21 | — |
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 | 227 | 0% | 13% | 30% | |
| English Language | 227 | 2% | 20% | 37% | |
| Combined Science | 224 | 0% | 9% | 24% | |
| English Literature | 223 | 2% | 19% | 36% | |
| Geography | 117 | 0% | 5% | 14% | |
| History | 104 | 5% | 22% | 37% | |
| Spanish | 64 | 2% | 3% | 5% | |
| Art and Design | 56 | 0% | 11% | 25% | |
| Social Studies | 43 | 0% | 14% | 23% | |
| Religious Studies | 25 | 8% | 40% | 52% | |
| French | 9 | 0% | 11% | 11% | |
| Polish | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| History | 8 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Art and Design | 6 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Film Studies | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Biology | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Chemistry | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| English Literature | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Sociology | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
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) |
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.