Leigh Academy Bexley[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 41 40.9 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 40.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 30% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 6.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.95 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	35.4[6]	26.6%[6]
2023/24	32.7[4]	24.8%[4]		-0.95[4]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 7.7% 2023/24[7]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade	AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24	D[7]	7.7%[7]

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 12 May 2026[8]
Type: Academy First Section 5[8]
Report published: 1 Jul 2026[8]
Inclusion: Strong standard[8]
Achievement: Expected standard[8]
Safeguarding standards: Met[8]
Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard[8]
Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard[8]
Leadership and governance: Strong standard[8]
Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard[8]
Post-16 provision (where applicable): Expected standard[8]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 3.1 Entry Sept 2026[9]
Applications (any preference): 520 Entry Sept 2026[9]
First preferences: 170 Entry Sept 2026[9]
Places offered: 170 Entry Sept 2026[9]
First preferences per place: 1.0 Entry Sept 2026[9]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	372[9]	123[9]	197[9]	1.9[9]	0.6[9]
Entry Sept 2024	323[9]	90[9]	156[9]	2.1[9]	0.6[9]

Admissions

Places (published admission number): 180 Entry Sept 2026[10]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages: 11–19[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 2050[1]
Trust: LEIGH ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority: Bexley[1]
Website: leighacademybexley.org.uk [1]
District: Bexley [11]
Postcode: DA8 3BN[1]
URN: 149898[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 888 2024/25[12]
English as an additional language: 19.3% 2024/25[12]
SEN support: 20.2% 2024/25[12]
EHC plan: 2.5% 2024/25[12]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 47.2% 2024/25[12]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 63.2%[13]
Mixed: 8.6%[13]
Asian: 8.9%[13]
Black: 12%[13]
Any other ethnic group: 1.5%[13]
Unclassified: 5.7%[13]

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: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. 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.
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: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2025/26. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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.
leighacademybexley.org.uk: leighacademybexley.org.uk — Admissions arrangements 2026-27. Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
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Leigh Academy Bexley has a Published Admission Number (PAN) of 180 students. (p. 1)
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.