Leigh Academy Minster

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
Not available
Religious Character
Not available
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Kent
Unique reference
150935
Address
Minster Road, ME12 3JQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1070 (n/a of total capacity)
Boys
49.3%
Girls
50.7%
First language not English
4.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
39.9%
Persistent absence
39.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.9%
Other White 4.5%
Mixed 3.1%
African 1.2%
Gypsy/Roma 1%
Unclassified 0.6%
Caribbean 0.5%
Other 0.5%
Irish Traveller 0.3%
Indian 0.3%
Other Asian 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 33%
Local authority average 47%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 8%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 28.4
Local authority average 46.6
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 2.36
Local authority average 4.17
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award39
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award28
Health StudiesTechnical Award21
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award34
Sports StudiesTechnical Award78
Art & DesignGCSE56
English LanguageGCSE226
English LiteratureGCSE223
FrenchGCSE9
GeographyGCSE117
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Leigh Academy Minster

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
172
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
222
2nd preference
118
3rd preference
34
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
157
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes20.3
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
173
79
94
Year 8
187
84
103
Year 9
158
80
78
Year 10
265
136
129
Year 11
227
113
114
Year 12
12
5
7
Year 13
48
30
18
Year 2024-2025