Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–19 · Dartford, Kent
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Kent County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy is a secondary school in Dartford, Kent for ages 11–19 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 26 April 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a place for Year 7 in 2026, as at 27 of the 99 other Kent secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- 164 first-choice applications for 257 offers for Year 7 in 2026; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 93 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- GCSE English and maths grade 5 or above: 35% of pupils in 2024/25 (England 45%), 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Kent.
- The A level average grade in 2024/25 was C (England B-), with progress from GCSE to A level below average.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Green Street Green Road, Dartford, DA1 1QE
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 1,318 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 26 April 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to be part of The Leigh Academy.”
- “They enjoy school and the good friendships they develop.”
- “Bullying is rare and always followed up.”
To improve
- “While many teachers do this effectively, it is not embedded across every classroom.”
- “However, there is more to do to embed their use in every classroom.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 June 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 35% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 42.9 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 164 first-preference applications, 257 offers in total, 164 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kent.
- Stone Lodge School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Dartford Grammar School 1.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Dartford Science & Technology College 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dartford Grammar School for Girls 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Leigh UTC Dartford 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wilmington Grammar School for Boys 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wilmington Grammar School for Girls 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Wilmington 1.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published