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Leigh Academy Ebbsfleet[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 45 45.2 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
45.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
30.5% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
8.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.13 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 42.5[6] 31.6%[6]
2023/24 44.8[4] 34.1%[4] -0.13[4]
2022/23 40.5[7] 34%[7] -0.23[7]
2021/22 43.3[8] 42%[8] -0.33[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
0% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 D+[10] 11.8%[10]
2022/23 D[11] 0%[11]
2021/22 C-[12]
2018/19 E[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
86% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
47% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
1% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
34% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 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 90%[15] 48%[15] 2%[15] 33%[15] 0%[15] 7%[15]
2020/21 93%[16] 39%[16] 5%[16] 39%[16] 3%[16] 6%[16]
2019/20 90%[17] 35%[17] 0%[17] 50%[17] 2%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 88%[18] 44%[18] 1%[18] 36%[18] 1%[18] 6%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
92% 2022/23[19]
Education
68% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[19]
Employment
24% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 75%[20] 56%[20] 13%[20] 6%[20]
2020/21 97%[21] 73%[21] 3%[21] 20%[21]
2019/20 75%[22] 43%[22] 11%[22] 21%[22]
2018/19 81%[23] 41%[23] 0%[23] 41%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
54% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
0% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
8% 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 86%[26] 14%[26]
2019/20 50%[25] 8%[25] 8%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 30%[27] 4%[27] 4%[27] 0%[27]

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
3 Dec 2024[28]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[28]
Report published
20 Jan 2025[28]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[28]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Improved significantly[28]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
1 Oct 2019[29] S5 Inspection[29] Good[29]
27 Sep 2016[30] Academy First Section 5[30] Good[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.5 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
431 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
91 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
122 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.7 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 367[31] 131[31] 163[31] 2.3[31] 0.8[31]
Entry Sept 2024 332[31] 105[31] 139[31] 2.4[31] 0.8[31]
Entry Sept 2023 308[31] 84[31] 175[31] 1.8[31] 0.5[31]
Entry Sept 2022 251[31] 89[31] 144[31] 1.7[31] 0.6[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
780[1]
Trust
LEIGH ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://www.ebbsfleetacademy.org.uk[1]
District
Dartford[32]
Postcode
DA10 0BZ[1]
URN
137581[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
826 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
21.4% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
12.5% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
1.6% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
37.6% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
56.6%[34]
Mixed
10.3%[34]
Asian
4.6%[34]
Black
24%[34]
Any other ethnic group
2.7%[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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    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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    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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