Leigh Academy Wilmington
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–19 · Wilmington, Kent
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.402 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Leigh Academy Wilmington is a secondary school in Wilmington, Kent for ages 11–19 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 4 May 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Leigh Academy Wilmington 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 | 1.402 mi |
| 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
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 1.402 miles away, nearer than in 2023, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years.
- That 2026 Year 7 distance was the 10th shortest of 56 Kent secondary schools with a published last distance, where the middle figure was 2.82 miles.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 324 first-choice applications for 221 offers; 202 offers went to first-choice families and 122 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 288 of the 1,146 applications for Year 7 in 2026 came from families living outside Kent, and 25 offers went to them.
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
- Common Lane, Wilmington, DA2 7DR
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 1,386 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 4 May 2023
Strengths
- “Wilmington Academy is an exceptional school providing a world-class education for its pupils and sixth formers.”
- “It successfully encourages pupils to be open minded, to take risks and demonstrate their ability to think, reflect and communicate.”
- “Their behaviour is exceptional.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 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) | 45% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 45.4 | 46 |
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: 324 first-preference applications, 221 offers in total, 202 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.
- Wilmington Grammar School for Boys 0.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wilmington Grammar School for Girls 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Dartford Science & Technology College 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dartford Grammar School for Girls 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dartford Grammar School 1.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Orchards Academy 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Leigh UTC Dartford 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published