Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school Dartford, Kent·DA1 1QE
Composite score
53.6
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#2,078
National rank
#312
In South East
#46
In Kent
Top 65%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
42.9
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
35%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
57%
% EBacc grade 5+
16%
EBacc average points score
3.89

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
164 first choices, 257 places
First choices per place
0.64
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
710
any preference, for 257 places
Applications from another council area
8%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.08
00.511.5
1 per place
0.7520220.7020230.5620240.5620250.642026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–19
Pupils on roll
1,335
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
28.3%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
15.8%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.4%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.8%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.2%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
28.4%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.9
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£6,527
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
91%
235 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
85%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy at a glance

Located in Dartford, Kent, Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 1,335 pupils aged 11 to 19. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 42.9 — below the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 1.6 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

35% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 57% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy their first choice was offered one of its 257 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 91% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 9.2%. There are about 22.9 pupils per teacher. Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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