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Leigh Academy Hugh Christie[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 38 38.2 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
38.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
20.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
3.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths
2024/25 40.5[5] 29.9%[5]

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]

Ofsted

No published data for this school.

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.5 Entry Sept 2026[6]
Applications (any preference)
242 Entry Sept 2026[6]
First preferences
83 Entry Sept 2026[6]
Places offered
160 Entry Sept 2026[6]
First preferences per place
0.5 Entry Sept 2026[6]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 214[6] 64[6] 120[6] 1.8[6] 0.5[6]

Admissions

Places (published admission number)
165 Entry Sept 2026[7]

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
1226[1]
Trust
LEIGH ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
https://leighacademyhughchristie.org.uk[1]
District
Tonbridge and Malling[8]
Postcode
TN10 4PU[1]
URN
150743[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
779 2024/25[9]
English as an additional language
5.9% 2024/25[9]
SEN support
11.3% 2024/25[9]
EHC plan
4.9% 2024/25[9]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
39.8% 2024/25[9]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
87.8%[10]
Mixed
3.5%[10]
Asian
1%[10]
Black
1%[10]
Any other ethnic group
0.6%[10]
Unclassified
6.1%[10]

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. 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.
  7. leighacademyhughchristie.org.uk: leighacademyhughchristie.org.uk — Admissions arrangements 2026-27. Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    Leigh Academy Hugh Christie has a Published Admission Number (PAN) of 165 students. (p. 1)
  8. 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.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. 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.