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Leigh Academy Tonbridge

  • 11–18Ages
  • 807Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136349URN

Brook Street, Tonbridge, TN9 2PH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Dec 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.6per place
0.5 above Kent median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in KentSelective

637 applications for 179 places · 38th of 103 in Kent
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
43.9of 90
46th of 100 in Kent
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 6 December 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionGood

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
3.6applications per place, Year 7
0.5 above Kent median (3.1) 1.3 above England median (2.2)

637 applications · 179 places offered · 137 named it first

  1. 2026 3.6; Kent median median 3.1
  2. 2025 4.1; Kent median median 3.0
  3. 2024 4.2; Kent median median 3.2
  4. 2023 2.7; Kent median median 3.2
  5. 2022 1.5; Kent median median 2.9
  6. 2021 2.1; Kent median median 3.6
  7. 2020 1.9; Kent median median 3.1
  8. 2019 1.6; Kent median median 2.9
  9. 2018 1.7; Kent median median 3.1
  10. 2017 2.1; Kent median median 3.0
  11. 2016 3.7; Kent median median 3.3
  12. 2015 1.9; Kent median median 3.2
  13. 2014 2.2; Kent median median 3.1
  • 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 20261796373.61370.77
Sep 20251727044.11961.14
Sep 20241767464.22161.23
Sep 20231784742.71390.78
Sep 20221502291.5700.47
Sep 20211483132.1510.34
Sep 20201312451.9530.40
Sep 20191292111.6460.36
Sep 20181502611.7560.37
Sep 20171162412.1610.53
Sep 2016652413.7530.82
Sep 20151593061.9890.56
Sep 20141593552.21180.74

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

91 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)43.946th of 100 in Kent
Grade 5 or above in English and maths34%53rd of 100 in Kent
Grade 4 or above in English and maths63%
  • This school
  • Kent median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.07
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)9143.934%63%–
2024/257343.130%56%–
2023/247645.745%72%+0.07
2022/237243.842%67%+0.16

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 converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136349 · 886/5455
Trust
Leigh Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,020 pupils · 807 on roll
Free school meals
34.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 December 2010
Replaced
The Hayesbrook School (URN 118927)
Address
Brook Street, Tonbridge, TN9 2PH
Local authority
Kent · Tonbridge and Malling

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