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

Pupils

Number of Pupils
888 (50% of total capacity)
Boys
52.8%
Girls
47.2%
First language not English
19.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
41.1%
Persistent absence
32.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
20.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 55.9%
African 9.8%
Mixed 7.5%
Other White 7.2%
Indian 5.2%
Unclassified 5%
Gypsy/Roma 2.7%
Other Asian 2.3%
Other 1.2%
Other Black 1%
Caribbean 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.7%
Pakistani 0.5%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 4%
Local authority average 42%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 27%
Local authority average 54%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 35.4
Local authority average 50.5
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 2.96
Local authority average 4.51
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award88
Speech & DramaTechnical Award6
Sports StudiesTechnical Award15
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE18
Art & DesignGCSE1
BiologyGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE23
English LanguageGCSE157
English LiteratureGCSE155
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Leigh Academy Bexley

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
197
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
123
2nd preference
90
3rd preference
63
From another Local Authority
31
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
123
2nd preference
21
3rd preference
9
To another Local Authority
9
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.8
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
159
92
67
Year 8
159
84
75
Year 9
173
79
94
Year 10
184
113
71
Year 11
154
74
80
Year 12
37
16
21
Year 13
22
11
11
Year 2024-2025