Secondary school

Leigh Academy Hugh Christie

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–18
  • Mixed
  • Kent
  • TN10 4PU
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Requires improvement · inspected Oct 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 2,513 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 77%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 93%93%2016/17: top 86%2017/18: top 84%2018/19: top 94%2021/22: top 76%76% · 2021/222022/23: top 87%2023/24: top 78%2024/25: top 77%No exams

A-level results

#293 of 394 South East sixth forms, state and independent, 2024/25

Independent and selective (grammar) schools choose their pupils, so high results partly reflect who gets in, not only teaching. Some independent schools don't publish results.

Against South East

Attainment 840.5 · South East 463/10 Below
Grade 5+ English and maths29.9% · South East 44.8%3/10 Below−16.2 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score3.53 · South East 4.033/10 Below
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.21 · South East +0.014/10 Below+26.1 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry29.88 · South East 33.474/10 Below+21.4 pts since 21/22
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 41.6 · 145 pupils · South East 50.92016/17: 39.2 · 126 pupils · South East 46.72017/18: 39.2 · 119 pupils · South East 46.72018/19: 35.8 · 136 pupils · South East 47.12021/22: 43.3 · 155 pupils · South East 49.12022/23: 37.8 · 147 pupils · South East 46.52023/24: 40 · 155 pupils · South East 46.22024/25: 40.5 · 137 pupils · South East 4643.335.8No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 31% · 126 pupils · South East 43%2017/18: 26% · 119 pupils · South East 43.5%2018/19: 24% · 136 pupils · South East 43%2021/22: 43% · 155 pupils · South East 51%2022/23: 25% · 147 pupils · South East 45%2023/24: 31.6% · 155 pupils · South East 45.9%2024/25: 29.9% · 137 pupils · South East 44.8%43%24%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 23.17 · 77 pupils · South East 28.942016/17: 23.46 · 70 pupils · South East 29.962017/18: 24.03 · 59 pupils · South East 30.252018/19: 21.3 · 31 pupils · South East 31.762021/22: 29.22 · 31 pupils · South East 36.42022/23: 26.06 · 29 pupils · South East 32.822023/24: 27.37 · 48 pupils · South East 32.832024/25: 29.88 · 38 pupils · South East 33.4729.8821.3No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
83 of 83 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st8383
2nd5311
3rd578

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2006–2023

  1. 2006Goodas predecessor
  2. 2009Goodas predecessor
  3. 2012Satisfactoryas predecessor
  4. 2014Goodas predecessor
  5. 2017Goodas predecessor
  6. 2023Inadequateas predecessor
  7. 2023Requires improvementas predecessor

4 strong areas

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

1 weak areas

  • Behaviour and attitudes

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026688
Free school meals (past 6 years)39.8%
First language not English5.9%
SEN support11.3%
EHC plan4.9%
Absence (sessions missed)10.7%
Persistently absent pupils34.0%

Girls 41%Boys 59%

56.1% full · 1,226 places · 138 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher17.6
Pupils per adult11.9
  • Classroom teachers 30.2
  • Leadership 9
  • Teaching assistants 13.4
  • Other support 13.2

Teachers 39.2 FTE · Whole workforce 65.7 · 73 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£10,923
Spend per pupil£9,994
Staff spend per pupil£6,606
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£727,000in-year balance

Grants £10,899 · self-generated £24 · premises £1,586 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

155 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained84.5%
  • Education75.5%
  • Apprenticeship6.5%
  • Employment2.6%
  • Not sustained8.4%
  • Unknown7.1%

After sixth form (16–18)

94 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained78.7%
  • Education36.2%
  • Higher education24.5%
  • Apprenticeship8.5%
  • Employment34%
  • Not sustained13.8%
  • Unknown7.4%