Leigh Academy Mascalls
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Tonbridge, 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 🔒
Leigh Academy Mascalls is a secondary school in Tonbridge, Kent for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Leigh Academy Mascalls 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
- 35% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25 (England 45%), and Attainment 8 was 40.4 (England 46).
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, every applicant was offered a place, as was also the case at 27 of the 99 other Kent secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 2026: 190 first-choice applications for 268 offers, with every first-choice family offered a place and 78 offers going to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 24.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 15.3% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Kent.
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
- Maidstone Road, Paddock Wood, Tonbridge, TN12 6LT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 1,227 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 28 April 2026
Strengths
- “Leigh Academy Mascalls is a welcoming and friendly school where pupils feel a sense of belonging and pride.”
- “Pupils know staff want the very best for them and appreciate the balance of support and challenge.”
- “The school fosters a sense of community effectively through its small‑colleges approach.”
To improve
- “The school has made rapid progress with this group, although this is not yet reflected in all published outcomes.”
- “Occasionally, teachers do not check precisely enough that all pupils have secured important knowledge or can use technical vocabulary accurately.”
- “When this happens, misunderstandings may go unnoticed, placing a few pupils at risk of falling behind.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 May 2026 (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) | 40.4 | 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: 190 first-preference applications, 268 offers in total, 190 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.
- Hadlow Rural Community School 4.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Skinners' Kent Academy 4.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Hillview School for Girls 4.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Weald of Kent Grammar School 4.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Tonbridge Grammar School 5.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Judd School 5.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Hugh Christie 5.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys 5.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published