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Leigh Academy Blackheath

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Free school

Old Dover Road, Blackheath, London SE3 8SY · leighacademyblackheath.org.uk · 020 8104 0888

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Overview

Ofsted
Outstanding
2019 framework · inspected Dec 2022
GCSEs, 2024/25
55
average Attainment 8 score. Greenwich 46.9, England 46
Last distance offered
0.78 mi
1.25 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Band 1 · Greenwich Council
Demand for places
2.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,060
92% of 1,150 places
Local authority
Greenwich
Sixth form
Yes
Free school meals
27.5%
First language not English
17%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Leigh Academies Trust

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 0.78 mi (1.25 km) from the school; in September 2025 it was 0.87 mi (1.40 km). Its other admission rules have their own figures. Source: Greenwich Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 333 families put the school first and 170 places were offered; 40% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

Demand for places

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 299 (Places 177)299September 2023: 336 (Places 173)336September 2024: 389 (Places 172)389September 2025: 362 (Places 170)362September 2026: 333 (Places 170)333Places 170
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261703332▲40%
September 2025Sept 20251703622.1▲38%
September 2024Sept 20241723892.3▲37%
September 2023Sept 20231733361.9▲44%
September 2022Sept 20221772991.7▲47%

Last distance offered

Year 7 – Band 1Distance
September 20260.78 mi1.25 km
September 20250.87 mi1.40 km
September 20241.02 mi1.65 km
September 20230.84 mi1.35 km
September 20220.97 mi1.56 km
Year 7 – Band 2Distance
September 20260.54 mi0.87 km
September 20250.68 mi1.09 km
September 20240.63 mi1.01 km
September 20230.61 mi0.98 km
September 20220.71 mi1.14 km
Year 7 – Band 3Distance
September 20260.54 mi0.87 km
September 20250.98 mi1.58 km
September 20240.38 mi0.62 km
September 20230.36 mi0.58 km
September 20220.59 mi0.95 km
Year 7 – Band 4Distance
September 20260.59 mi0.95 km
September 20251.01 mi1.63 km
September 20240.90 mi1.45 km
September 20230.66 mi1.06 km
September 20220.70 mi1.13 km
Year 7 – Band 5Distance
September 20260.37 mi0.59 km
September 20250.54 mi0.87 km
September 20240.28 mi0.45 km
September 20230.43 mi0.70 km
September 20220.57 mi0.92 km

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 55, and 60.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Greenwich it was 46.9, and across England 46.

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published17/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252022/23: 47.6 (England 46.3)47.62023/24: 54.0 (England 45.9)54.02024/25: 55.0 (England 46.0)55.0England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲5546
▲60.5%45.4%
▲79.1%64.8%
▲88.1%40.5%
▲5.244.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2022/23
School sixth form71.8+10.6
Sixth form college11.9−2.1
Further education7.9−2.8
Other education0.6−1.1
Apprenticeship1.7+0.6
Employment0.60
Not in a lasting destination3.4−2.8
Activity not captured2.3−2.2

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

2024/25StudentsAverage gradeProgress
All academic58C (29.1)Below average -0.50
Applied general15Dist- (31.3)Average -0.13
100%finished their course

Ofsted

Leigh Academy Blackheath was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 13 December 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Outstanding
Inspected
13 Dec 2022
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding

What parents said

90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (167 replies, to 4 September 2023).

Recommend
90%
Replies
167
23% · 4 Sept 2023
Child is happy at school▲92% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▲92% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▲94% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲88% agreeEngland 82%
Child does well●87% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn●81% agreeEngland 82%
Told how child is doing●85% agreeEngland 84%
Good range of subjects●89% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities▲96% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development●79% agreeEngland 78%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲81% agreeEngland 76%

based on the 75% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲55% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 31% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲76% agreeEngland 67%

based on 50 parents (30%) with SEND

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