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Leigh UTC Dartford[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 41 41.3 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
41.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
35.5% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
6.6% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.35 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 44.4[6] 43.4%[6]
2023/24 40.8[4] 32%[4] -0.35[4]
2022/23 39.3[7] 31%[7] -0.44[7]
2021/22 40.6[8] 32%[8] -0.71[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 C-[10] 0%[10]
2022/23 C-[11]
2021/22 C-[12]
2018/19 C-[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
36% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
2% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
42% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
7% 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 92%[15] 42%[15] 1%[15] 36%[15] 3%[15] 8%[15]
2020/21 86%[16] 40%[16] 2%[16] 28%[16] 2%[16] 14%[16]
2019/20 87%[17] 44%[17] 5%[17] 27%[17] 3%[17] 5%[17]
2018/19 92%[18] 32%[18] 2%[18] 42%[18] 5%[18] 9%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
87% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
51% 2022/23[19]
Education
51% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
23% 2022/23[19]
Employment
13% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 81%[20] 36%[20] 36%[20] 28%[20] 17%[20]
2020/21 87%[21] 29%[21] 35%[21] 26%[21] 26%[21]
2019/20 82%[22] 50%[22] 53%[22] 9%[22] 21%[22]
2018/19 79%[23] 23%[23] 35%[23] 12%[23] 32%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
45% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
3% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
3% 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 36%[26] 4%[26]
2019/20 65%[25] 13%[25] 3%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 29%[27] 8%[27] 8%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 31%[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
2 Jun 2026[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
12 Jul 2026[29]
Inclusion
Strong standard[29]
Achievement
Strong standard[29]
Safeguarding standards
Met[29]
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard[29]
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard[29]
Leadership and governance
Exceptional[29]
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard[29]
Post-16 provision (where applicable)
Exceptional[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
25 May 2022[30] S5 Inspection[30] Good[30]
1 Feb 2017[31] S5 Inspection[31] Good[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.9 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
341 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
91 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
119 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.8 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 308[32] 71[32] 117[32] 2.6[32] 0.6[32]
Entry Sept 2024 272[32] 67[32] 103[32] 2.6[32] 0.7[32]
Entry Sept 2023 353[32] 82[32] 145[32] 2.4[32] 0.6[32]
Entry Sept 2022 375[32] 95[32] 115[32] 3.3[32] 0.8[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
University technical college[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Capacity
960[1]
Trust
LEIGH ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
https://leighutcdartford.org.uk/[1]
District
Dartford[33]
Postcode
DA1 5TF[1]
URN
140987[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
689 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
16.8% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
28.5% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
1.5% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
33.6% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
65.4%[35]
Mixed
8.5%[35]
Asian
4.2%[35]
Black
18.2%[35]
Any other ethnic group
2%[35]
Unclassified
1.6%[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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