Leigh Academy Tonbridge

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Dec 7 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Kent
Unique reference
136349
Address
Brook Street, TN9 2PH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
585 (55% of total capacity)
Boys
93.2%
Girls
6.8%
First language not English
9.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
26%
Persistent absence
20.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
20.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 78.6%
Mixed 7.2%
Other White 6.8%
African 1.9%
Bangladeshi 1.5%
Indian 0.9%
Other 0.7%
Unclassified 0.7%
Other Asian 0.5%
Chinese 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.16
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 3%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 42%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.8
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.44
Local authority average 4.12
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award19
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award1
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award49
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE10
Art & DesignGCSE1
BiologyGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE26
Design & TechnologyGCSE18
English LanguageGCSE72
English LiteratureGCSE72
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Leigh Academy Tonbridge

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
176
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
216
2nd preference
205
3rd preference
174
From another Local Authority
7
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
164
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
164
130
34
Year 8
102
102
0
Year 9
96
96
0
Year 10
81
81
0
Year 11
78
78
0
Year 12
39
34
5
Year 13
25
24
1
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
87.7%
86.5%
Further education
23.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
61.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
11.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
50.0%
61.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
0.0%
19.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
0.0%
16.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020