Leigh Academy Wilmington[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 45 45.1 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 45.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 39.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 7.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +0.23 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	Progress 8
2024/25	45.4[5]	45.2%[5]
2023/24	45.8[3]	43.5%[3]	+0.23[3]
2022/23	44[6]	42%[6]	+0.11[6]
2021/22	46.7[7]	45%[7]	+0.01[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: D- 2018/19[8]
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
2017/18	C-[10]
2016/17	C-[11]
2015/16	D+[12]
2014/15	C-[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 90% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form: 38% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college: 3% 2022/23[14]
Further education college: 43% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship: 3% 2022/23[14]
Employment: 1% 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	94%[15]	47%[15]	1%[15]	37%[15]	3%[15]	6%[15]
2020/21	95%[16]	43%[16]	2%[16]	36%[16]	7%[16]	7%[16]
2019/20	92%[17]	40%[17]	1%[17]	43%[17]	3%[17]	5%[17]
2018/19	98%[18]	44%[18]	1%[18]	45%[18]	4%[18]	3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 84% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education: 34% 2022/23[19]
Education: 35% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship: 12% 2022/23[19]
Employment: 37% 2022/23[19]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	UK higher education	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	81%[20]	31%[20]	35%[20]	8%[20]	37%[20]
2020/21	95%[21]	38%[21]	44%[21]	16%[21]	36%[21]
2019/20	81%[22]	48%[22]	50%[22]	3%[22]	28%[22]
2018/19	82%[23]	38%[23]	41%[23]	10%[23]	31%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 38% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities: 9% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities: 5% 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	46%[26]	7%[26]
2019/20	52%[25]	9%[25]	5%[25]	0%[25]
2018/19	49%[27]	7%[27]	7%[27]	0%[27]
2017/18	36%[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: 4 May 2023[29]
Type: S5 Inspection[29]
Report published: 26 Jun 2023[29]
Personal development: Outstanding[29]
Quality of education: Outstanding[29]
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding[29]
Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable): Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Outstanding[29]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
24 Feb 2022[30]	Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[30]	No overall grade[30]
21 Feb 2017[31]	Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31]	No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 5.2 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference): 1146 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences: 324 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered: 221 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place: 1.5 Entry Sept 2026[32]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	1146[32]	324[32]	223[32]	5.1[32]	1.5[32]
Entry Sept 2024	1258[32]	359[32]	230[32]	5.5[32]	1.6[32]
Entry Sept 2023	1028[32]	287[32]	239[32]	4.3[32]	1.2[32]
Entry Sept 2022	910[32]	291[32]	231[32]	3.9[32]	1.3[32]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages: 11–19[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1400[1]
Trust: LEIGH ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority: Kent[1]
Website: www.wilmingtonacademy.org.uk [1]
District: Dartford [33]
Postcode: DA2 7DR[1]
URN: 136205[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 1381 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language: 7.5% 2024/25[34]
SEN support: 12.5% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan: 4.4% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 22.7% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 77.9%[35]
Mixed: 5.9%[35]
Asian: 6.3%[35]
Black: 8.1%[35]
Any other ethnic group: 1%[35]
Unclassified: 0.8%[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.

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