Leigh Academy Bexley

At a glance

Type

Academy sponsor led (state-funded)

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11 to 19

Gender

Mixed

Pupils

873 census January 2026

Capacity

2,050

Sixth form

Yes

Head

Mr John Dixon

Trust

LEIGH ACADEMIES TRUST

Address

Avenue Road, Erith, DA8 3BN

Borough

Bexley

Telephone

01322348231

DfE reference (URN)

149898

Website

leighacademybexley.org.uk

Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 2026-10-07 · last checked 9 October 2026

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Key dates for 2027 entry

Year 7 (11+)

1. Application deadlineSaturday 31 October 2026Closes in 21 days

   National closing date for Year 7 applications: Saturday 31 October 2026. Apply through your home borough's coordinated scheme (eAdmissions), not directly to the school.

   Source: Your borough's admissions page · checked 9 Oct 2026

2. National offer dayMonday 1 March 2027Upcoming

   Secondary National Offer Day: Monday 1 March 2027. Offers are released by your home borough.

   Source: Your borough's admissions page · checked 9 Oct 2026

3. Accept your offerMonday 15 March 2027Open

   Deadline to accept your secondary offer: Monday 15 March 2027.

   Source: GOV.UK · checked 9 Oct 2026

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A status ("Closes in 12 days") is shown only for a closing date we have checked, worked out from today's date, 10 October 2026. Other dates are printed as the school published them, with its own wording beside them. Dates given only as "early January" are shown as approximate and never counted down. Always confirm with the school or council.

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Admissions

You apply through the council where you live, not to the school, naming up to six schools in order on one form. Every applicant on time hears on the same national offer day.

170 first-preference applications and 520 applications naming it at any preference for 170 places offered (September 2026 entry, DfE)

These are counts of applications and offers on national offer day. They are not a chance of getting in: places are allocated by the school's published admissions criteria, such as siblings, distance or faith.

Source: Department for Education, Secondary and primary school applications and offers · entry years up to 2026/27 · last checked 9 October 2026

Bexley: Year 7 offers, September 2026 entry

Across the borough, 68.1% of applicants were offered their first preference and 95.3% were offered one of their preferences (2,992 applications). These are borough-wide figures, not a forecast for any school or child.

Source: Department for Education, Secondary and primary schools applications and offers 2026 · entry years 2014/15 to 2026/27 (release published 2026-06-18) · last checked 9 October 2026

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Inspection

Ofsted category of concern at that inspection: special measures.

Source: Ofsted, Management information - state-funded schools - latest inspections as at 31 August 2026 · latest inspections as at 2026-08-31 · last checked 9 October 2026

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Results

GCSE (key stage 4), 2024/25

• Attainment 8 score2023/24: 32.7
  35.4This school50.6Bexley46.1England, state-funded
• % achieving grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs2023/24: 25%
  27%This school54%Bexley45%England, state-funded
• % achieving grade 4 or above in English and maths GCSEs2023/24: 43%
  44%This school70%Bexley65%England, state-funded
• % entering the English Baccalaureate2023/24: 15%
  4%This school42%Bexley40%England, state-funded
• EBacc average point score2023/24: 2.83
  2.96This school4.51Bexley4.09England, state-funded

Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · academic year 2024/25 · 158 pupils in the cohort

A level (16 to 18), 2024/25

• A level average result, expressed as a grade2023/24: D
  CThis schoolB-BexleyB-England, state-funded
• A level average point score per entry2023/24: 19.4
  29.4This school35.8Bexley35England, state-funded
• Average point score for a student's best 3 A levels2023/24: 17.7
  Suppressed (small cohort)This school36.8Bexley35.8England, state-funded
• % of A level students achieving AAB or higher including at least 2 facilitating subjects2023/24: 8%
  Suppressed (small cohort)This school16%Bexley18%England, state-funded
• A level value added score2023/24: -0.55
  0.01This school-0.03England, state-funded

Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · academic year 2024/25 · 8 pupils in the cohort

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Pupils and context

Eligible for free school meals

42.3% January 2026

English as an additional language

19.3%

Receiving SEN support

20.2%

With an Education, Health and Care Plan

2.5%

Girls / boys

47% / 53%

Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · school census 2024/25

Attendance and staffing

Overall absence

10.2% 2024/25

Persistently absent (missed 10% or more)

33.7%

Pupils per teacher

17 2025/26

Source: Department for Education, Absence rates by school level · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026

Places

Places

2,050

Pupils on roll

878

Source: Department for Education, Capacity - school / Sixth form capacity - school · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · position at 1 May, 2024/25

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Nearby schools

Schools covering the same ages within about a mile, by straight-line distance (not walking or travel time).

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Compare with similar schools

Side-by-side comparisons with the nearest schools of the same type. Sourced facts only; no winner is declared.

• Leigh Academy Bexley and Trinity Church of England School, Belvedere0.8 miles apart
• Leigh Academy Bexley and Bexleyheath Academy1.4 miles apart
• Leigh Academy Bexley and Haberdashers' Crayford Academy1.5 miles apart
• Leigh Academy Bexley and Welling School2.3 miles apart

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