Leigh Academy Blackheath
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–18 · London, Greenwich
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.78 miles
Band 1; Distance · Published by Royal Borough of Greenwich · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Leigh Academy Blackheath is a secondary school in London, Greenwich for ages 11–18 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 13 December 2022. Greenwich has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Leigh Academy Blackheath 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 | 0.78 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 child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 0.78 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 13 Greenwich secondary schools with a published last distance (this one included).
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and than in 2022, and was the shortest of the 5 years with a published distance.
- Year 7 2026 had 333 first-choice applications for 170 offers; 133 offers went to first-choice families and 200 first-choice families (60%) were not offered a place.
- Results 2024/25: 61% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Greenwich.
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
- Old Dover Road, Blackheath, London, SE3 8SY
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Council
- Greenwich
- Pupils on roll
- 1,060 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 13 December 2022
Strengths
- “Leaders have high expectations of all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
- “This extends to academic learning and life outside school.”
- “Staff provide pupils with detailed knowledge that prepares them well for their next steps.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 February 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) | 61% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 55 | 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: 333 first-preference applications, 170 offers in total, 133 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.
- Leigh Academy Halley 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The John Roan School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Thomas Tallis School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ark Greenwich Free School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Royal Greenwich Trust School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Ursula's Convent School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Harris Academy Greenwich 1.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Eltham Hill School 1.9 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published