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Leigh Stationers' Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 53 53.1 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
53.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
61.9% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
20% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.33 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 52.7[6] 61.3%[6]
2023/24 45.5[4] 49.1%[4] -0.33[4]
2022/23 50.4[7] 58%[7] -0.12[7]
2021/22 49.1[8] 52%[8] -0.16[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
1.7% 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] 2.8%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 2.1%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 5.6%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 3.6%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
93% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
53% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
13% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
21% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
3% 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 93%[15] 40%[15] 12%[15] 32%[15] 3%[15] 5%[15]
2020/21 94%[16] 51%[16] 13%[16] 20%[16] 4%[16] 5%[16]
2019/20 93%[17] 44%[17] 11%[17] 30%[17] 3%[17] 4%[17]
2018/19 93%[18] 50%[18] 13%[18] 22%[18] 2%[18] 5%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
89% 2022/23[19]
Education
53% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
11% 2022/23[19]
Employment
26% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 88%[20] 63%[20] 5%[20] 20%[20]
2020/21 85%[21] 56%[21] 9%[21] 20%[21]
2019/20 78%[22] 56%[22] 8%[22] 14%[22]
2018/19 86%[23] 58%[23] 5%[23] 23%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
71% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
14% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
12% 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 67%[26] 8%[26]
2019/20 66%[25] 15%[25] 12%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 63%[27] 8%[27] 8%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 58%[28] 11%[28] 11%[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
17 Jan 2023[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
12 Mar 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)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
20 Jun 2017[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
5.2 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
1248 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
417 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
240 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.7 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 1176[31] 366[31] 253[31] 4.6[31] 1.4[31]
Entry Sept 2024 1334[31] 382[31] 254[31] 5.3[31] 1.5[31]
Entry Sept 2023 1212[31] 299[31] 255[31] 4.8[31] 1.2[31]
Entry Sept 2022 1127[31] 335[31] 260[31] 4.3[31] 1.3[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1800[1]
Trust
LEIGH ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
Greenwich[1]
Website
www.scwa.org.uk[1]
District
Greenwich[32]
Postcode
SE9 2PT[1]
URN
141309[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1712 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
9.8% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
12% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
4.6% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
20.3% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
73.6%[34]
Mixed
11.4%[34]
Asian
5%[34]
Black
6.2%[34]
Any other ethnic group
1.6%[34]
Unclassified
2.2%[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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    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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