Leigh Academy Snowfields[1]
Special · ages 11–18
Headline results
Special schools' results are not shown as headlines: they are not comparable with mainstream schools'.
Results
Results at special schools and alternative provision aren't comparable with mainstream schools'. Shown as published, not compared.
GCSE (key stage 4)
- Attainment 8
- 20.1 2025/26[2]
- Grade 5+ in English & maths
- 6.4% 2025/26[2]
- Grade 7+ in English & maths
- 0% 2025/26[2]
- Progress 8
- -1.70 2023/24[3]
- Progress 8, 2025/26
- Not calculated[4]
- Progress 8, 2024/25
- Not calculated[4]
| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ in English & maths | Grade 7+ in English & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 16.5[5] | 4.4%[5] | ||
| 2023/24 | 17.1[3] | 5.3%[3] | -1.70[3] | |
| 2022/23 | 14.4[6] | 0%[6] | -2.47[6] |
Destinations after GCSEs
- Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
- 90% 2022/23[7]
- School sixth form
- 0% 2022/23[7]
- Sixth-form college
- 0% 2022/23[7]
- Further education college
- 29% 2022/23[7]
- Apprenticeship
- 0% 2022/23[7]
- Employment
- 0% 2022/23[7]
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
- 27 Jun 2023[8]
- Type
- S5 Inspection[8]
- Report published
- 14 Sep 2023[8]
- Personal development
- Outstanding[8]
- Quality of education
- Outstanding[8]
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding[8]
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding[8]
- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes[8]
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Outstanding[8]
Competition to get in
No published data for this school.
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Free schools special[1]
- Ages
- 11–18[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Admissions
- Non-selective[1]
- Sixth form
- Yes[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 396[1]
- Trust
- LEIGH ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
- Local authority
- Kent[1]
- Website
- https://leighacademysnowfields.org.uk/[1]
- District
- Maidstone[9]
- Postcode
- ME14 5GA[1]
- URN
- 147870[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 303 2024/25[10]
- English as an additional language
- 0% 2024/25[10]
- SEN support
- 0% 2024/25[10]
- EHC plan
- 100% 2024/25[10]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 39% 2024/25[10]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 88.2%[11]
- Mixed
- 5.9%[11]
- Asian
- 1.7%[11]
- Black
- 1.7%[11]
- Any other ethnic group
- 0.3%[11]
- Unclassified
- 2.3%[11]
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
- 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.
- 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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25.
Archived copy; original.
Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- 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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.