# Leigh Academy Hugh Christie

Leigh Academy Hugh Christie is a secondary school in Tonbridge and Malling, for pupils aged 11 to 18.

It had 688 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E150743. [Tonbridge and Malling](https://openindex.co.uk/tonbridge-and-malling)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 11 to 18
- Pupils: 688
- Council: Tonbridge and Malling
- URN: 150743

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Requires improvement (overall), October 2023, before the school changed
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 11 October 2023
- Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Leigh Academy Hugh Christie was 38.2, against 53.0 in Tonbridge and Malling and 46.2 in England.
20.2% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Tonbridge and Malling | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 38.2 | 53.0 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 20.2% | 54.8% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 41.1% | 72% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 124 | – | – |

The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Cage Green Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cage-green-primary-school-e147104): 220 m. Primary. Good (overall), November 2023. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Skills for Independence and Employability Ltd](https://openindex.co.uk/school/skills-for-independence-and-employability-ltd-e146546): 280 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Long Mead Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/long-mead-community-primary-school-e118575): 700 m. Primary. Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade. 47% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [YMCA West Kent](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ymca-west-kent-e147613): 810 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-margaret-clitherow-catholic-primary-school-e141156): 820 m. Primary. Good (overall), November 2022. 86% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Woodlands Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/woodlands-primary-school-e142834): 870 m. Primary. Standards maintained, December 2024. 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/150743)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/150743)

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