Leigh Academy Blackheath

General Info

Education Phase: Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating: Outstanding Dec 14 2022 Ofsted report
Gender: Mixed
Age range: 11 - 18 y.o.
Type: Free Schools
Funding: State-funded secondary
Admissions policy: Not available
Religious Character: Does not apply
Sixth Form: Has a sixth form
Local authority: Greenwich
Unique reference: 145895
Address: Old Dover Road, Blackheath, SE3 8SY
Website: https://leighacademyblackheath.org.uk/

Pupils

Number of Pupils: 959 (78% of total capacity)
Boys: 57.1%
Girls: 42.9%
First language not English: 15.7%
Free school meals (FSM): 22.6%
Persistent absence: 15.2%
Special education needs (SEN): 20.6%

Pupil ethnicities

White British 41.6%

Mixed 14.5%

Other White 13.5%

African 10.7%

Unclassified 5.5%

Caribbean 3%

Indian 2.7%

Other Asian 2.5%

Other 2.4%

Chinese 1.3%

Pakistani 0.9%

Irish 0.6%

Other Black 0.5%

Bangladeshi 0.1%

Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school: -0.23
Local authority average, state-funded schools: -0.01
England average, state-funded schools: -0.03

Entering EBacc

School 87%

Local authority average 43%

England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 50%

Local authority average 48%

England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.6

Local authority average 47

England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.58

Local authority average 4.13

England average 4.05

Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

Subject	Qualification	Number of entries
Music Studies (General)	Technical Award	5
Art & Design (Fine Art)	GCSE	33
Biology	GCSE	58
Chemistry	GCSE	54
Computer Studies/Computing	GCSE	51
Design & Technology	GCSE	55
English Language	GCSE	179
English Literature	GCSE	178
French	GCSE	1
Geography	GCSE	29

Year 2022-2023

Admissions