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Leigh Academy Halley[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 44 44.3 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
44.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
36% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
10.6% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.09 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 48.4[5] 44.2%[5]
2023/24 44.6[3] 40.7%[3] +0.09[3]
2022/23 43.9[6] 40%[6] +0.05[6]
2021/22 41.4[7] 36%[7] -0.28[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
D- 2021/22[8]
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
2018/19 C-[9] 0%[9]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
93% 2022/23[11]
School sixth form
50% 2022/23[11]
Sixth-form college
31% 2022/23[11]
Further education college
11% 2022/23[11]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[11]
Employment
1% 2022/23[11]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 92%[12] 47%[12] 26%[12] 14%[12] 1%[12] 3%[12]
2020/21 94%[13] 55%[13] 18%[13] 15%[13] 1%[13] 3%[13]
2019/20 90%[14] 47%[14] 27%[14] 12%[14] 3%[14]
2018/19 89%[15] 50%[15] 20%[15] 15%[15] 2%[15] 3%[15]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
69% 2022/23[16]
Education
41% 2022/23[16]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[16]
Employment
25% 2022/23[16]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 68%[17] 49%[17] 1%[17] 18%[17]
2020/21 76%[18] 57%[18] 2%[18] 17%[18]
2019/20 84%[19] 78%[19] 0%[19] 7%[19]
2018/19 91%[20] 72%[20] 2%[20] 16%[20]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
61% 2021/22[21]
Top third of most selective universities
2% 2021/22[21]
Russell Group universities
7% 2019/20[22]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[22]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 74%[23] 3%[23]
2019/20 77%[22] 7%[22] 7%[22] 0%[22]
2018/19 84%[24] 13%[24] 10%[24] 0%[24]

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
11 Nov 2025[25]
Type
S5 Inspection[25]
Report published
11 Jan 2026[25]
Inclusion
Exceptional[25]
Achievement
Strong standard[25]
Safeguarding standards
Met[25]
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard[25]
Attendance and behaviour
Exceptional[25]
Leadership and governance
Exceptional[25]
Personal development and wellbeing
Exceptional[25]
Post-16 provision (where applicable)
Exceptional[25]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
21 Jun 2022[26] Academy First Section 5[26] Good[26]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.1 Entry Sept 2026[27]
Applications (any preference)
521 Entry Sept 2026[27]
First preferences
93 Entry Sept 2026[27]
Places offered
168 Entry Sept 2026[27]
First preferences per place
0.6 Entry Sept 2026[27]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 472[27] 82[27] 165[27] 2.9[27] 0.5[27]
Entry Sept 2024 457[27] 57[27] 196[27] 2.3[27] 0.3[27]
Entry Sept 2023 415[27] 60[27] 172[27] 2.4[27] 0.3[27]
Entry Sept 2022 299[27] 43[27] 230[27] 1.3[27] 0.2[27]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
180 Entry Sept 2026[28]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Capacity
1100[1]
Trust
LEIGH ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
Greenwich[1]
Website
www.thehalleyacademy.org.uk[1]
District
Greenwich[29]
Postcode
SE3 8EP[1]
URN
145315[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
952 2024/25[30]
English as an additional language
36.8% 2024/25[30]
SEN support
13.3% 2024/25[30]
EHC plan
4.1% 2024/25[30]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
42.9% 2024/25[30]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
37.8%[31]
Mixed
15.2%[31]
Asian
7.9%[31]
Black
26.4%[31]
Any other ethnic group
6.3%[31]
Unclassified
6.4%[31]

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

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  14. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  16. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  25. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2025/26. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  26. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  27. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  28. leighacademyhalley.org.uk: leighacademyhalley.org.uk — Admission Arrangements 2026-2027 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    Leigh Academy Halley has an agreed published admission number of 180 for entry into Year 7 (p. 1)
  29. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  30. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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