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Leigh Academy Mascalls

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,227Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136847URN

Maidstone Road, Paddock Wood, Tonbridge, TN12 6LT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Apr 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.8per place
1.2 below Kent median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in KentSelective

492 applications for 268 places · 95th of 103 in Kent
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
41.9of 90
54th of 100 in Kent
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 28 April 2026Published 19 May 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 28 April 2026
    Report card · 3 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
  2. 17 November 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

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
1.8applications per place, Year 7
1.2 below Kent median (3.1) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

492 applications · 268 places offered · 190 named it first

  1. 2026 1.8; Kent median median 3.1
  2. 2025 2.2; Kent median median 3.0
  3. 2024 2.0; Kent median median 3.2
  4. 2023 1.8; 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 2.0; Kent median median 3.1
  8. 2019 2.4; Kent median median 2.9
  9. 2018 2.2; Kent median median 3.1
  10. 2017 2.1; Kent median median 3.0
  11. 2016 2.4; Kent median median 3.3
  12. 2015 2.3; Kent median median 3.2
  13. 2014 2.2; Kent median median 3.1
More applications per place than the Kent median in 0 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 20262684921.81900.71
Sep 20252315012.21730.75
Sep 20242665372.01900.71
Sep 20232945181.81930.66
Sep 20223004521.51950.65
Sep 20212675712.11430.54
Sep 20202314592.01770.77
Sep 20192405682.42411.00
Sep 20182375212.22170.92
Sep 20172405062.12060.86
Sep 20162335532.42010.86
Sep 20152405402.32060.86
Sep 20142385342.22010.84

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

186 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)41.954th of 100 in Kent
Grade 5 or above in English and maths35%51st of 100 in Kent
Grade 4 or above in English and maths57%
  • This school
  • Kent median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.17
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)18641.935%57%–
2024/2519540.435%51%–
2023/2422841.534%57%−0.17
2022/2323541.928%59%−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 converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136847 · 886/5439
Trust
Leigh Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,450 pupils · 1,227 on roll
Free school meals
26.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 July 2011
Replaced
Mascalls School (URN 118911)
Address
Maidstone Road, Paddock Wood, Tonbridge, TN12 6LT
Local authority
Kent · Tunbridge Wells

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