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Leigh Academy Halley
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–19 · Sponsored academy
Corelli Road, London SE3 8EP · thehalleyacademy.org.uk · 020 8856 2828
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Nov 2025 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 48.4
- average Attainment 8 score. Greenwich 46.9, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 3.91 mi
- 6.30 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Band 1 · Greenwich Council
- Demand for places
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 987
- 90% of 1,100 places
- Local authority
- Greenwich
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 40.4%
- First language not English
- 32.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered under “Band 1” went to a home 3.91 mi (6.30 km) from the school; in September 2025 it was 3.30 mi (5.31 km). Its other admission rules have their own figures. Source: Greenwich Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 93 families put the school first and 168 places were offered; 62% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 168 | 93 | 0.6 | 62% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 165 | 82 | 0.5 | 87% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 196 | 57 | 0.3 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 172 | 60 | 0.3 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 230 | 43 | 0.2 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 – Band 1 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 3.91 mi6.30 km | |
| September 2025 | 3.30 mi5.31 km | |
| Year 7 – Band 2 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 2.81 mi4.52 km | |
| September 2025 | 3.40 mi5.47 km | |
| Year 7 – Band 3 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 2.37 mi3.82 km | |
| September 2025 | 3.10 mi5.00 km | |
| Year 7 – Band 4 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 2.28 mi3.67 km | |
| September 2025 | 3.30 mi5.31 km | |
| Year 7 – Band 5 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.59 mi2.56 km | |
| September 2025 | 4.05 mi6.51 km | |
| Year 7 – All applicants | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | All | |
| September 2023 | All | |
| September 2022 | All | |
The council lists the school as not oversubscribed on National Offer Day 2022, 2023 and 2024: everyone who applied was offered a place.
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 48.4, and 44.2% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Greenwich it was 46.9, and across England 46.
In 2021/22 the average A level result was grade D- (15 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲48.4 | 46.0 | ||
| ●44.2% | 45.4% | ||
| ●65.9% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲81.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.72 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 137473)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 49.3 | +2.7 |
| Sixth form college | 25 | 0 |
| Further education | 18.6 | +3.8 |
| Other education | 0.7 | −1 |
| Apprenticeship | 0.7 | −0.4 |
| Employment | 0.7 | −0.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 2.1 | −4.7 |
| Activity not captured | 2.9 | +0.1 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
All academic average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 students | C (28.4) | Above average +0.35 | |
| 31 students | Merit (23.9) | Average 0.00 | |
| 9 students | Merit (25.6) | Well below average -0.72 |
| Earlier years: All academic | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 38 | D+ (24.7) | +0.29 |
| 2022/23 | 26 | D+ (23.8) | — |
| 2021/22 | 27 | D+ (23.3) | — |
| 2018/19 | 20 | C- (26.6) | 0.00 |
| 2017/18 | 56 | D (19.1) | -0.45 |
| 2016/17 | 73 | D (21.6) | -0.09 |
| 2015/16 | 79 | D+ (23.5) | -0.07 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 58.1 | +15 |
| Other education | 1.6 | −3.9 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.2 | +1.8 |
| Employment | 9.7 | −11.1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 12.9 | −3.8 |
| Activity not captured | 14.5 | +2 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Leigh Academy Halley on 11 November 2025 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Exceptional
- Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard
- Achievement: Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Exceptional
- Personal development and well-being: Exceptional
- Post-16 provision: Exceptional
- Leadership and governance: Exceptional
- Inspected
- 11 Nov 2025
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Exceptional |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard |
| Achievement | Strong standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Exceptional |
| Personal development and well-being | Exceptional |
| Post-16 provision | Exceptional |
| Leadership and governance | Exceptional |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 137473), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Jun 2022Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Sixth form Outstanding Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2016Requires improvement
Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 137473)
What parents said
85% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (40 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 85%
- Positive
- 79%
- Replies
- 40
- 4% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 87% who raised concerns
based on 5 parents (13%) whose child was bullied
based on 17 parents (43%) with SEND