Leigh Academy Hugh Christie
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
F39
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Tonbridge, TN10 4PU
- Distance
- 3.5km away
Hadlow Rural Community School
Tonbridge Road, Hadlow, TN11 0AU
Local ranking88th of 102 secondary schools in Kent
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
375
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 18 June 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 39.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 27.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 46.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 62
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Continued in education
- 77.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 13.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 391
- Boys
- 218 (58%)
- Girls
- 159 (42%)
- Capacity
- 375 (101% full)
- SEND
- 36.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 31.2%
- EAL
- 1.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 8.4%
- SEN Support
- 27.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 24.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,622/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
- 12.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 39.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- Not applicable
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 91.4%
- White Other: 2.4%
- Gypsy/Roma: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.6%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.5%
- Other: 0.5%
- White Irish: 0.3%
91.4%
White British
2.4%
White Other
1.8%
Gypsy/Roma
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 139697
- UKPRN
- 10041646
- Establishment No.
- 4009
- Trust
- HADLOW RURAL COMMUNITY SCHOOL LIMITED
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