Secondary school

Leigh Academy Minster

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–18
  • Mixed
  • Unknown
  • Kent
  • ME12 3JQ
  • Sixth form
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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 3,261 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 100%

A-level results

#391 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 828.4 · South East 461/10 Well below South East
Grade 5+ English and maths7.5% · South East 44.8%1/10 Well below South East
EBacc point score2.36 · South East 4.031/10 Well below South East
Progress 8 · 2023/24Not enough data · South East 0No results published for 2023/24
A level points per entry17.58 · South East 33.47Small cohort: 21 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
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Attainment 8
2024/25: 28.4 · 228 pupils · South East 4628.4
Grade 5+ English and maths
2024/25: 7.5% · 228 pupils · South East 44.8%7.5%
A level points per entry
2024/25: 17.58 · 21 pupils · South East 33.4717.58

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in86.1%
192 of 223 who put it first2025 · 70.7%2026 · 86.1%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st223192
2nd1545
3rd385

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections

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Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,005
Free school meals (past 6 years)48.3%
First language not English4.6%
SEN support9.5%
EHC plan3.1%
Absence (sessions missed)13.0%
Persistently absent pupils39.3%

Girls 50.8%Boys 49.3%

87.4% full · 1,150 places · 61 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher18.5
Pupils per adult11.5
  • Classroom teachers 40.2
  • Leadership 14
  • Teaching assistants 25.6
  • Other support 27.5

Teachers 54.2 FTE · Whole workforce 107.3 · 117 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£9,355
Spend per pupil£7,897
Staff spend per pupil£6,682
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£1,563,000in-year balance

Grants £9,349 · self-generated £7 · premises −£2 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

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