Leigh Stationers' Academy

Academy converter·Secondary school London, Greenwich·SE9 2PT
Composite score
65.9
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National rank
#185
In London
#5
In Greenwich
Top 20%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
52.7
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
61%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
81%
% EBacc grade 5+
29%
EBacc average points score
4.82

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
47%
417 first choices, 240 places
First choices per place
1.74
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
1,248
any preference, for 240 places
Applications from another council area
56%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.29
00.511.52
1 per place
1.2920221.1720231.5020241.4520251.742026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Leigh Stationers' Academy yet. Greenwich does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

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

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,712
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
20.3%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
9.8%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.0%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
4.6%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.8%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
22.6%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.3
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,331
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
93%
252 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
88%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

Leigh Stationers' Academy at a glance

Located in London, Greenwich, Leigh Stationers' Academy is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 1,712 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 52.7 — above the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 7.2 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 20% of secondary schools in England.

61% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 81% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Leigh Stationers' Academy is oversubscribed: about 5 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 417 first choices for 240 places. After Year 11, 93% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 7.8%. There are about 17.3 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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