Leigh Academy Hundred of Hoo, Rochester

In 2026, pupils at Leigh Academy Hundred of Hoo averaged an Attainment 8 score of 42.3, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.3 in Medway and 47 across England.

35% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 44% in Medway and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 43.2.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.07: pupils made about average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 39.6, against 43.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 3.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 28 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Spanish.

For September 2026 entry, 229 families put Leigh Academy Hundred of Hoo as their first choice and 483 named it as one of their preferences, for 275 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Leigh Academy Hundred of Hoo are Waterfront UTC (1.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 31.5); Maritime Academy (2.2 miles); Brompton Academy (2.7 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 35.7); and Hospital and Medical Tuition Service (3 miles).

Leigh Academy Hundred of Hoo's 2026 results were higher than all 2 of them.

Leigh Academy Hundred of Hoo is one of 33 schools run by Leigh Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 47.4 in 2024/25.

Of the 255 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 82% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 44% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 55 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 36% went on to university or other higher education, 20% to apprenticeships and 27% into work. 2% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

5.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (80%), Black (5%) and Mixed (5%).

Leigh Academy Hundred of Hoo has a SEN unit for autism: 60 places, 59 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Gillingham (Kent) Rail Station, about 2.4 miles away in a straight line.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is The Hundred of Hoo Academy Grounds (in), 110 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 98 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, violence and sexual offences and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Medway (250).

In 2024/25, Leigh Academy Hundred of Hoo issued 153 suspensions, 8.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Leigh Academy Hundred of Hoo are Hoo St Werburgh Primary School and the Marlborough (0.1 miles), Chattenden Primary School (1 mile) and St Mary's Island Church of England (Aided) Primary School (1.1 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.