Leigh Academy Longfield[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 42 41.8 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 41.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 32.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 8.3% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.38 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	Progress 8
2024/25	40.2[6]	26.3%[6]
2023/24	39.1[4]	31.8%[4]	-0.38[4]
2022/23	38.8[7]	29%[7]	-0.52[7]
2021/22	40[8]	32%[8]	-0.54[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 15.4% 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]	9.5%[10]
2022/23	C[11]	7.1%[11]
2021/22	C+[12]	27.3%[12]
2018/19	C-[13]	10%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 91% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form: 31% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college: 1% 2022/23[14]
Further education college: 45% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship: 6% 2022/23[14]
Employment: 6% 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]	33%[15]	1%[15]	43%[15]	6%[15]	5%[15]
2020/21	93%[16]	44%[16]	0%[16]	37%[16]	6%[16]	6%[16]
2019/20	94%[17]	37%[17]	0%[17]	46%[17]	4%[17]	6%[17]
2018/19	96%[18]	38%[18]	0%[18]	47%[18]	8%[18]	3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 91% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education: 49% 2022/23[19]
Education: 53% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship: 4% 2022/23[19]
Employment: 34% 2022/23[19]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	UK higher education	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	82%[20]	45%[20]	46%[20]	10%[20]	25%[20]
2020/21	92%[21]	53%[21]	57%[21]	3%[21]	32%[21]
2019/20	83%[22]	36%[22]	42%[22]	10%[22]	31%[22]
2018/19	81%[23]	26%[23]	31%[23]	4%[23]	46%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 53% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities: 9% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities: 6% 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	58%[26]	14%[26]
2019/20	47%[25]	6%[25]	6%[25]	0%[25]
2018/19	40%[27]	3%[27]	0%[27]	0%[27]
2017/18	45%[28]	4%[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: 26 Sep 2023[29]
Type: S5 Inspection[29]
Report published: 31 Oct 2023[29]
Personal development: Good[29]
Quality of education: Good[29]
Overall effectiveness: Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes: Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable): Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[29]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
17 Apr 2018[30]	S5 Inspection[30]	Good[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 2.5 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference): 435 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences: 136 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered: 173 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	491[31]	134[31]	170[31]	2.9[31]	0.8[31]
Entry Sept 2024	542[31]	142[31]	181[31]	3.0[31]	0.8[31]
Entry Sept 2023	579[31]	149[31]	178[31]	3.3[31]	0.8[31]
Entry Sept 2022	513[31]	138[31]	172[31]	3.0[31]	0.8[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: 1150[1]
Trust: LEIGH ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority: Kent[1]
Website: http://www.longfieldacademy.org [1]
District: Dartford [32]
Postcode: DA3 7PH[1]
URN: 135630[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 980 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language: 3.5% 2024/25[33]
SEN support: 10.8% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan: 7.2% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 29.9% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 86.9%[34]
Mixed: 4.7%[34]
Asian: 2%[34]
Black: 5.1%[34]
Any other ethnic group: 0.9%[34]
Unclassified: 0.3%[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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