Leigh Academy Bexley
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–19 · Erith, Bexley
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.267 miles
Published by London Borough of Bexley · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Leigh Academy Bexley is a secondary school in Erith, Bexley for ages 11–19 (academy sponsor led). Bexley has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Leigh Academy Bexley 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 | 1.267 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 1.267 miles away, the shortest of 9 Bexley secondary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 3.09 miles).
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 170 first-choice applications for 170 offers; 143 offers went to first-choice families and 27 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 4 of the 5 years with a published outcome.
- In 2024/25, 27% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 35.4 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bexley schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Avenue Road, Erith, DA8 3BN
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Council
- Bexley
- Pupils on roll
- 873 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 12 May 2026
Strengths
- “This is a warm and welcoming school.”
- “There have been significant improvements at the school since it joined the Leigh Academies Trust in June 2023.”
- “Pupils and staff speak about the culture shift that has happened and why they feel happy to come to school.”
To improve
- “Over time, pupils' attainment and progress in GCSE examinations at the end of key stage 4 have been low.”
- “Persistent absence remains high, but it has improved significantly in the last few years.”
- “Occasionally, pupils’ understanding is not fully checked to ensure that their knowledge is secure.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 July 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) | 27% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 35.4 | 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: 170 first-preference applications, 170 offers in total, 143 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 Bexley.
- Trinity Church of England School, Belvedere 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Lift Bexleyheath 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Catherine's Catholic School 1.4 mi Good
- Haberdashers' Crayford Academy 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Columba's Catholic Boys' School 1.6 mi Standards maintained
- Townley Grammar School 2.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Beths Grammar School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Welling School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published