Leigh Academy Minster
Performance (KS4 GCSE)
Getting a place
Kent does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Year 7 place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Leigh Academy Minster. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.
Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).
School profile
- Age range
- 11–18
- Pupils on roll
- 1,070
- Gender
- Mixed
Pupil background
Special educational needs
Staffing & funding
“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means
Nearby secondary schools
Location
Official sources
About Leigh Academy Minster
Leigh Academy Minster is a secondary school in Sheerness, Kent, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 1,070 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 28.4 — well below the national average (national average: 46). On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.
8% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 25% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Leigh Academy Minster is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 223 first choices for 203 places. There are about 17.4 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 48% 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. Leigh Academy Minster 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.