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Leigh Academy Minster[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 33 33.2 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
33.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
15.5% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
0.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[3]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[3]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths
2024/25 28.4[4] 7.5%[4]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
D- 2024/25[5]

Ofsted

No published data for this school.

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.2 Entry Sept 2026[6]
Applications (any preference)
448 Entry Sept 2026[6]
First preferences
223 Entry Sept 2026[6]
Places offered
203 Entry Sept 2026[6]
First preferences per place
1.1 Entry Sept 2026[6]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 411[6] 222[6] 172[6] 2.4[6] 1.3[6]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1150[1]
Trust
LEIGH ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
https://leighacademyminster.org.uk/[1]
District
Swale[7]
Postcode
ME12 3JQ[1]
URN
150935[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1070 2024/25[8]
English as an additional language
4.6% 2024/25[8]
SEN support
9.5% 2024/25[8]
EHC plan
3.1% 2024/25[8]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
48.3% 2024/25[8]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
93.1%[9]
Mixed
2.4%[9]
Asian
0.5%[9]
Black
3.2%[9]
Any other ethnic group
0.5%[9]
Unclassified
0.3%[9]

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: 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.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) 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. 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.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. 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.