Secondary
Leigh Academy Hugh Christie
White Cottage Road, Tonbridge, TN10 4PU
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 688 of 1226 places
- Local authority
- Kent
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Trust
- LEIGH ACADEMIES TRUST
Ofsted
Last inspected October 2023
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
30%
40.5
7th of 7 by our score, among the secondary schools in Tonbridge we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 40.5 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.53 |
| Entered the EBacc | 50% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 55% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 30% |
| A level average points per entry | 29.88 |
| A level students | 38 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
White Cottage Road, Tonbridge, TN10 4PU
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Kent admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Palak Shah
- Address
- White Cottage Road, Tonbridge, TN10 4PU
- Telephone
- 01732353544