Leigh Academy Tonbridge
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Tonbridge, Kent
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
16.623 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Leigh Academy Tonbridge is a secondary school in Tonbridge, Kent for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 6 December 2022. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Leigh Academy Tonbridge 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 | 16.623 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
- In 2026 the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 16.623 miles away, the longest of 56 Kent secondary schools with a published last distance.
- 2024/25: 30% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Kent.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was further out than in 2025 and 2023, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- 33% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Kent is 5.5%.
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
- Brook Street, Tonbridge, TN9 2PH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 807 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 6 December 2022
Strengths
- “Hayesbrook Academy is actively committed to developing pupils as reflective and resilient learners.”
- “The school’s small size ensures that all pupils are known, valued and nurtured.”
- “Pupils and students are well prepared to ‘embrace the future challenges of the modern world’.”
To improve
- “In some subjects, higher prior attainers are not always sufficiently stretched and challenged.”
- “Cross-curricular content is developing well but links across subjects are occasionally missed.”
- “Opportunities to develop and highlight links to areas, such as English, history and art, are underutilised.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 January 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) | 30% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 43.1 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | D+ | 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: 137 first-preference applications, 179 offers in total, 137 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.
- The Judd School 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Tonbridge Grammar School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Weald of Kent Grammar School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hillview School for Girls 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Hugh Christie 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Gregory's Catholic School 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School 3.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published