Leigh Academy Mascalls

Academy converter·Secondary school Tonbridge, Kent·TN12 6LT
Composite score
50.5
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#2,463
National rank
#359
In South East
#58
In Kent
Top 78%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
40.4
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
35%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
51%
% EBacc grade 5+
7%
EBacc average points score
3.39

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
190 first choices, 268 places
First choices per place
0.71
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
492
any preference, for 268 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Leigh Academy Mascalls 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
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,238
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
25.7%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
4.4%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.9%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.6%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.0%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
28.2%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.2
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£6,642
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
5%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

About Leigh Academy Mascalls

Leigh Academy Mascalls is a secondary school in Tonbridge, Kent, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 1,238 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 40.4 — below the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 1.1 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%. 51% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Leigh Academy Mascalls their first choice was offered one of its 268 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 9.0%. There are about 17.2 pupils per teacher. Leigh Academy Mascalls 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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