Leigh Academy Halley
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–19 · London, Greenwich
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
3.91 miles
Band 1; Distance · Published by Royal Borough of Greenwich · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Leigh Academy Halley is a secondary school in London, Greenwich for ages 11–19 (academy sponsor led). Greenwich has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Leigh Academy Halley 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 | 3.91 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last Year 7 place in 2026 went to a child living 3.91 miles away, the longest of the 5 years with a published distance.
- That 2026 Year 7 distance was the 5th longest of 13 Greenwich secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance, where the middle figure was 1.64 miles.
- Year 7 2026 entry drew 93 first-choice applications for 168 offers; 58 offers went to first-choice families, and 35 first-choice families (38%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 44% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 48.4 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Greenwich schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Corelli Road, London, SE3 8EP
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Council
- Greenwich
- Pupils on roll
- 987 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 11 November 2025
Strengths
- “As soon as they join Leigh Academy Halley, pupils of all ages and from all backgrounds are welcomed, nurtured, challenged and supported.”
- “They feel safe, attend very well, and thrive throughout their time at the school.”
- “They are highly motivated by their lessons and by the extensive range of enrichment activities on offer.”
To improve
- “• Leaders and those responsible for governance should sustain their transformational work in inclusion, attendance and behaviour, personal development and post-16 provision, and extend this work further so that it has a similar exceptional impact on curriculum, teaching and achievement for all pupils.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 January 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) | 44% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 48.4 | 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: 93 first-preference applications, 168 offers in total, 58 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 Greenwich.
- Ark Greenwich Free School 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Thomas Tallis School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Blackheath 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Harris Academy Greenwich 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Eltham Hill School 1.3 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- The John Roan School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Royal Greenwich Trust School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Thomas More Catholic Comprehensive School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published