Leigh Academy Minster
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Sheerness, Kent
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.833 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Leigh Academy Minster is a secondary school in Sheerness, Kent for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Leigh Academy Minster 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 | 1.833 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 8% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%); at A level the average grade was D- (England B-).
- For Year 7 2026 there were 223 first-choice applications for 203 offers; 192 went to first-choice families and 31 first-choice families (14%) were not offered a place.
- The last child offered a Year 7 place for 2026 lived 1.833 miles away, the 18th shortest of 56 Kent secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- Free school meals: 41.8% of pupils are eligible, against a middle figure of 28% across 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
- Minster Road, Sheerness, ME12 3JQ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 1,005 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.5
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) | 8% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 28.4 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | D- | 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: 223 first-preference applications, 203 offers in total, 192 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.
- EKC Sheppey Secondary 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Borden Grammar School 6.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Sittingbourne School 6.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Westlands School 6.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Highsted Grammar School 6.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Fulston Manor School 6.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School 8.5 mi Good Last distance published
- The Abbey School 8.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published