Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 46 46.5 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 46.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 46.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 17.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +0.14 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[5]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	42.9[6]	35.2%[6]
2023/24	44.5[4]	37%[4]	+0.14[4]
2022/23	44.6[7]	41%[7]	+0.01[7]
2021/22	44.8[8]	38%[8]	-0.02[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 0% 2018/19[9]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[10]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[10]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade	AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24	C+[11]
2022/23	C-[12]
2021/22	C[13]
2018/19	D[9]	0%[9]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 91% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form: 47% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college: 3% 2022/23[14]
Further education college: 34% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship: 3% 2022/23[14]
Employment: 3% 2022/23[14]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	91%[15]	41%[15]	1%[15]	42%[15]	2%[15]	4%[15]
2020/21	92%[16]	52%[16]	1%[16]	29%[16]	3%[16]	6%[16]
2019/20	93%[17]	43%[17]	3%[17]	43%[17]	3%[17]	2%[17]
2018/19	90%[18]	42%[18]	3%[18]	33%[18]	6%[18]	6%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 84% 2022/23[19]
Education: 43% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship: 5% 2022/23[19]
Employment: 35% 2022/23[19]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	85%[20]	58%[20]	4%[20]	23%[20]
2020/21	89%[21]	67%[21]	5%[21]	17%[21]
2019/20	88%[22]	56%[22]	5%[22]	27%[22]
2018/19	87%[23]	42%[23]	10%[23]	35%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 65% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities: 8% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities: 6% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge: 0% 2019/20[25]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Progressed to higher education	Top third of most selective universities	Russell Group universities	Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21	69%[26]	12%[26]
2019/20	60%[25]	6%[25]	6%[25]	0%[25]
2018/19	50%[27]	2%[27]	2%[27]	0%[27]
2017/18	42%[28]	3%[28]	3%[28]	0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 25 Apr 2023[29]
Type: Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published: 18 Jun 2023[29]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections: School remains Good[29]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
15 Nov 2017[30]	S5 Inspection[30]	Good[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 2.8 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference): 710 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences: 164 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered: 257 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place: 0.6 Entry Sept 2026[31]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	679[31]	147[31]	264[31]	2.6[31]	0.6[31]
Entry Sept 2024	750[31]	146[31]	262[31]	2.9[31]	0.6[31]
Entry Sept 2023	787[31]	181[31]	259[31]	3.0[31]	0.7[31]
Entry Sept 2022	684[31]	178[31]	238[31]	2.9[31]	0.7[31]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages: 11–19[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1500[1]
Trust: LEIGH ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority: Kent[1]
Website: http://www.sirgeoffreyleighacademy.org.uk/[1]
District: Dartford [32]
Postcode: DA1 1QE[1]
URN: 135297[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 1335 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language: 15.8% 2024/25[33]
SEN support: 15.4% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan: 2.8% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 28.3% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 58.9%[34]
Mixed: 9.7%[34]
Asian: 9.3%[34]
Black: 18.4%[34]
Any other ethnic group: 1.7%[34]
Unclassified: 1.9%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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