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Leigh Academy Tonbridge[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 44 43.9 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL D+ D+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
43.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
34.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
6.6% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.07 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 Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 43.1[6] 30.1%[6]
2023/24 45.7[4] 44.7%[4] +0.07[4]
2022/23 43.8[7] 42%[7] +0.16[7]
2021/22 47.8[8] 52%[8] +0.24[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
D+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
20% 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 D-[11]
2022/23 D[12]
2021/22 D[13]
2018/19 C[9] 20%[9]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
96% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
46% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
39% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
6% 2022/23[14]
Employment
4% 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 89%[15] 59%[15] 0%[15] 19%[15] 2%[15] 7%[15]
2020/21 89%[16] 61%[16] 0%[16] 23%[16] 3%[16] 3%[16]
2019/20 96%[17] 59%[17] 0%[17] 30%[17] 2%[17] 5%[17]
2018/19 92%[18] 41%[18] 0%[18] 42%[18] 1%[18] 7%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
91% 2022/23[19]
Education
25% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[19]
Employment
63% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 76%[20] 35%[20] 0%[20] 41%[20]
2020/21 83%[21] 37%[21] 3%[21] 43%[21]
2019/20 67%[22] 33%[22] 10%[22] 24%[22]
2018/19 86%[23] 42%[23] 6%[23] 39%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
42% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
3% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
0% 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 41%[26] 7%[26]
2019/20 50%[25] 0%[25] 0%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 44%[27] 14%[27] 11%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 42%[28] 7%[28] 4%[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
6 Dec 2022[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
25 Jan 2023[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Overall effectiveness
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
17 Jan 2017[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.6 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
637 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
137 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
179 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.8 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 704[31] 196[31] 172[31] 4.1[31] 1.1[31]
Entry Sept 2024 746[31] 216[31] 176[31] 4.2[31] 1.2[31]
Entry Sept 2023 474[31] 139[31] 178[31] 2.7[31] 0.8[31]
Entry Sept 2022 229[31] 70[31] 150[31] 1.5[31] 0.5[31]

Admissions

Places (published admission number)
180 Entry Sept 2026[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1020[1]
Trust
LEIGH ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://leighacademytonbridge.org.uk[1]
District
Tonbridge and Malling[33]
Postcode
TN9 2PH[1]
URN
136349[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
715 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
9.5% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
9.7% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
3.1% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
33% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
87%[35]
Mixed
4.2%[35]
Asian
4.1%[35]
Black
2.6%[35]
Any other ethnic group
0.7%[35]
Unclassified
1.4%[35]

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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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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    Quote
    Leigh Academy Tonbridge has a Published Admission Number (PAN) of 180 students. (p. 1)
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