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Leigh Academy Bexley

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
School rating
No rating
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Bexley
Unique reference
149898
Address
Avenue Road, DA8 3BN
Website
Not available

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1042 (n/a of total capacity)
Boys
51.7%
Girls
48.3%
First language not English
18.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
39.4%
Persistent absence
n/a
Special education needs (SEN)
19.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 59.9%
African 8.2%
Other White 6.4%
Mixed 5.7%
Indian 4.6%
Unclassified 4.6%
Gypsy/Roma 2.8%
Other Asian 2.3%
Caribbean 1.2%
Other 1.1%
Bangladeshi 1%
Other Black 1%
Pakistani 0.6%
Chinese 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.95
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.02
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 15%
Local authority average 43%
England average 40%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 25%
Local authority average 55%
England average 46%

Attainment 8 score

School 32.7
Local authority average 50.4
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 2.83
Local authority average 4.5
England average 4.07
Year 2023-2024

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award11
Sports StudiesTechnical Award44
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE36
BiologyGCSE1
Business Studies:SingleGCSE135
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE55
English LanguageGCSE262
English LiteratureGCSE261
FrenchGCSE29
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Leigh Academy Bexley

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
156
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
90
2nd preference
68
3rd preference
66
From another Local Authority
17
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
90
2nd preference
13
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
5
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 classes23.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
160
84
76
Year 8
178
81
97
Year 9
201
118
83
Year 10
167
80
87
Year 11
268
139
129
Year 12
24
11
13
Year 13
44
26
18
Year 2023-2024