Leigh Academy Wilmington
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
C67
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Wilmington, DA2 7DR
- Distance
- 3.9km away
Orchards Academy
St Mary's Road, Swanley, BR8 7TE
Local ranking54th of 102 secondary schools in Kent
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
828
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 11 March 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 41.3 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 33.0% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 62.5% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 0.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.3 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 88
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Continued in education
- 71.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 9.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 545
- Boys
- 285 (52%)
- Girls
- 260 (48%)
- Capacity
- 828 (66% full)
- SEND
- 19.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 44.8%
- EAL
- 8.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.3%
- SEN Support
- 16.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 28.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,097/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 32.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 78.6%
- White Other: 4.8%
- Black African: 4.6%
- Gypsy/Roma: 2.2%
- Mixed Other: 2.0%
- Other: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.9%
78.6%
White British
4.8%
White Other
4.6%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 136304
- UKPRN
- 10032208
- Establishment No.
- 4031
- Trust
- THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST
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