Leigh Academy Bexley

Leigh Academy Bexley at a glance

Located in Erith, Bexley, Leigh Academy Bexley is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 888 pupils aged 11 to 19. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Inadequate' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 35.4, well below the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 2.7 points in its Attainment 8 score on 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.

27% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 44% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 84% of the families who made Leigh Academy Bexley their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 12.7%. There are about 17.2 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 47% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. If you are considering Leigh Academy Bexley, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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.