Leigh Academy Ebbsfleet
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Swanscombe, 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 Ebbsfleet is a secondary school in Swanscombe, Kent for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Improved significantly, from the inspection on 4 December 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Leigh Academy Ebbsfleet 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 Year 7 place in 2026, as at 27 of the 99 other Kent secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- For Year 7 in 2026, there were 91 first-choice applications for 122 offers, 0.7 first choices per offer, the 23rd lowest of 99 Kent secondary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, and 31 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 32% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Southfleet Road, Swanscombe, DA10 0BZ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 788 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Improved significantly Inspected 4 December 2024
Strengths
- “Everyone is valued at Ebbsfleet Academy.”
- “Pupils attend happily, safely and with pride.”
- “It creates a culture of aspiration and success, with a broad and interesting curriculum that opens pupils’ eyes to the world around them.”
To improve
- “The attendance of pupils was negatively affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 January 2025 (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) | 32% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 42.5 | 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: 91 first-preference applications, 122 offers in total, 91 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.
- Northfleet Technology College 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Northfleet School for Girls 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend 2.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Stone Lodge School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Gravesend Grammar School 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Longfield 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St John's Catholic Comprehensive 3.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy 3.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published