Secondary school

Leigh Academy Wilmington

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–19
  • Mixed
  • Kent
  • DA2 7DR
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Outstanding · inspected May 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 1,687 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 52%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 77%77%2016/17: top 65%2017/18: top 64%2018/19: top 71%2021/22: top 59%2022/23: top 60%2023/24: top 50%50% · 2023/242024/25: top 52%No exams

Against South East

Attainment 845.4 · South East 465/10 Middle+7.7 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths45.2% · South East 44.8%6/10 Middle+9.9 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score4.21 · South East 4.036/10 Middle+19.5 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.23 · South East +0.017/10 Above+21.7 pts since 18/19
A level points per entryNot enough data · South East 33.5Suppressed in 2024/25 (too few pupils to publish)
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 45.8 · 127 pupils · South East 50.92016/17: 43.5 · 160 pupils · South East 46.72017/18: 43.4 · 177 pupils · South East 46.72018/19: 42.4 · 187 pupils · South East 47.12021/22: 46.7 · 228 pupils · South East 49.12022/23: 44 · 232 pupils · South East 46.52023/24: 45.8 · 230 pupils · South East 46.22024/25: 45.4 · 228 pupils · South East 4646.742.4No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 38% · 160 pupils · South East 43%2017/18: 30% · 177 pupils · South East 43.5%2018/19: 26% · 187 pupils · South East 43%2021/22: 45% · 228 pupils · South East 51%2022/23: 42% · 232 pupils · South East 45%2023/24: 43.5% · 230 pupils · South East 45.9%2024/25: 45.2% · 228 pupils · South East 44.8%45.2%26%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 21.82 · 29 pupils · South East 28.942016/17: 25.09 · 36 pupils · South East 29.962017/18: 26.7 · 44 pupils · South East 30.252018/19: 16.67 · 12 pupils · South East 31.762021/22: withheld (3 pupils)2022/23: withheld2023/24: withheld (1 pupils)2024/25: withheld26.716.67No exams

Withheld 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in62.4%
202 of 324 who put it first2014 · 73.8%2026 · 62.3%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st324202
2nd26516
3rd2743

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2006–2023

  1. 2006Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2009Inadequateas predecessor
  3. 2013Good
  4. 2017Ungraded visit
  5. 2022Remains Good
  6. 2023Outstanding

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Sixth form provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,386
Free school meals (past 6 years)22.7%
First language not English7.5%
SEN support12.4%
EHC plan4.4%
Absence (sessions missed)8.0%
Persistently absent pupils23.5%

Girls 39.2%Boys 60.8%

99% full · 1,400 places · 190 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher20.4
Pupils per adult15.4
  • Classroom teachers 55.2
  • Leadership 12.8
  • Teaching assistants 17.1
  • Other support 16.7

Teachers 68 FTE · Whole workforce 101.8 · 111 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£7,737
Spend per pupil£6,365
Staff spend per pupil£5,566
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£1,897,000in-year balance

Grants £7,691 · self-generated £46 · premises £19 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: LEIGH ACADEMIES TRUST (33 academies) · trust reserve £12,596,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

230 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained95.2%
  • Education89.1%
  • Apprenticeship4.3%
  • Employment1.7%
  • Not sustained3.5%
  • Unknown1.3%

After sixth form (16–18)

81 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained90.1%
  • Education53.1%
  • Higher education49.4%
  • Apprenticeship9.9%
  • Employment27.2%
  • Not sustained4.9%
  • Unknown4.9%