Leigh Academy Hugh Christie

General Info

Education Phase: Secondary, 16 plus
School rating: No rating
Gender: Mixed
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: 150743
Address: White Cottage Road, TN10 4PU
Website: https://leighacademyhughchristie.org.uk

Pupils

Number of Pupils: 779 (83% of total capacity)
Boys: 59.1%
Girls: 40.9%
First language not English: 5.9%
Free school meals (FSM): 33.5%
Persistent absence: 32.0%
Special education needs (SEN): 11.3%

Pupil ethnicities

White British 83.3%

Unclassified 5.5%

Other White 4.5%

Mixed 3.4%

Other Asian 0.9%

African 0.6%

Gypsy/Roma 0.5%

Other 0.4%

Bangladeshi 0.3%

Irish 0.1%

Irish Traveller 0.1%

Indian 0.1%

Caribbean 0.1%

Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 50%

Local authority average 47%

England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 30%

Local authority average 47%

England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.4

Local authority average 46.6

England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.52

Local authority average 4.17

England average 4.08

Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

Subject	Qualification	Number of entries
Small Business Management	Technical Award	45
Computer Appreciation / Introduction	Technical Award	21
Health Studies	Technical Award	23
Tourism	Technical Award	8
Arabic	GCSE	1
Art & Design (Textiles)	GCSE	16
Art & Design	GCSE	24
Biology	GCSE	44
Chemistry	GCSE	43
Social Science: Citizenship	GCSE	1

Year 2024-2025

Admissions