Leigh Academy Hugh Christie
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · 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 Hugh Christie is a secondary school in Tonbridge, Kent for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Leigh Academy Hugh Christie 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 outcome.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 83 first-choice applications for 160 offers, which is 0.5 first choices per offer, the 5th lowest of 99 Kent secondary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, and 77 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 2024/25: 30% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the lowest 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
- White Cottage Road, Tonbridge, TN10 4PU
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 688 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 30% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 40.5 | 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: 83 first-preference applications, 160 offers in total, 83 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.
- Hillview School for Girls 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Judd School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Tonbridge 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Tonbridge Grammar School 2.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Weald of Kent Grammar School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hadlow Rural Community School 2.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Gregory's Catholic School 4.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys 4.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published