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Leigh Academy Wilmington

  • 11–19Ages
  • 1,386Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136205URN

Common Lane, Wilmington, DA2 7DR · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2023 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
5.2per place
2.1 above Kent median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in KentSelective

1,146 applications for 221 places · 11th of 103 in Kent
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
45.1of 90
43rd of 100 in Kent
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 4 May 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

Inspection history

  1. 4 May 2023
    Graded inspection: Outstanding
  2. 25 February 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
5.2applications per place, Year 7
2.1 above Kent median (3.1) 3.0 above England median (2.2)

1,146 applications · 221 places offered · 324 named it first

  1. 2026 5.2; Kent median median 3.1
  2. 2025 5.1; Kent median median 3.0
  3. 2024 5.5; Kent median median 3.2
  4. 2023 4.3; Kent median median 3.2
  5. 2022 3.9; Kent median median 2.9
  6. 2021 4.3; Kent median median 3.6
  7. 2020 3.8; Kent median median 3.1
  8. 2019 4.0; Kent median median 2.9
  9. 2018 3.9; Kent median median 3.1
  10. 2017 3.4; Kent median median 3.0
  11. 2016 3.7; Kent median median 3.3
  12. 2015 5.1; Kent median median 3.2
  13. 2014 4.7; Kent median median 3.1
More applications per place than the Kent median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Kent median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262211,1465.23241.47
Sep 20252231,1465.13241.45
Sep 20242301,2585.53591.56
Sep 20232391,0284.32871.20
Sep 20222319103.92911.26
Sep 20212361,0164.31600.68
Sep 20202379043.82010.85
Sep 20192369444.02020.86
Sep 20182399313.92310.97
Sep 20172408263.41910.80
Sep 20162388843.72110.89
Sep 20151991,0155.12421.22
Sep 20141798324.71640.92

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

226 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)45.143rd of 100 in Kent
Grade 5 or above in English and maths40%44th of 100 in Kent
Grade 4 or above in English and maths65%
  • This school
  • Kent median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.23
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)22645.140%65%–
2024/2522845.445%67%–
2023/2423045.844%66%+0.23
2022/2323244.042%62%+0.11

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136205 · 886/6920
Trust
Leigh Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,400 pupils · 1,386 on roll
Free school meals
22.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 September 2010
Replaced
Wilmington Enterprise College (URN 118824)
Address
Common Lane, Wilmington, DA2 7DR
Local authority
Kent · Dartford

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources