Leigh Academy Longfield
Ofsted: Good
Score
D52
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Longfield, DA3 7PH
- Distance
- 4.8km away
Meopham School
Wrotham Road, Meopham, Gravesend, DA13 0AH
Local ranking70th of 102 secondary schools in Kent
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
832
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 19 April 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 38.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 28.6% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 54.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 175
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 85.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 68.0%
- Higher education
- 24.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 13.0%
- Employment
- 32.0%
- Not sustained
- 16.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
D+
Avg A-Level Grade
22.3
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
25.6
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
31
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 0.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 28.2
- 16-18 Cohort
- 68
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 957
- Boys
- 511 (56%)
- Girls
- 394 (44%)
- Capacity
- 832 (109% full)
- SEND
- 11.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 20.7%
- EAL
- 2.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.8%
- SEN Support
- 5.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 54.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,054/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 32.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 84.1%
- Black African: 4.8%
- White Other: 2.3%
- Mixed Other: 2.2%
- Asian Indian: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.7%
84.1%
White British
4.8%
Black African
2.3%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 139075
- UKPRN
- 10039851
- Establishment No.
- 4004
- Trust
- SWALE ACADEMIES TRUST
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