Leigh Academy Tonbridge, Tonbridge

In 2026, pupils at Leigh Academy Tonbridge averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 48.1 in Kent and 47 across England.

34% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 49% in Kent and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 43.1.

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 39.9, against 45.1 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 5.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 20 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Spanish and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 137 families put Leigh Academy Tonbridge as their first choice and 637 named it as one of their preferences, for 179 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 Tonbridge are The Judd School (0.2 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 78.3); Tonbridge Grammar School (0.7 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 77); Weald of Kent Grammar School (0.9 miles, Requires improvement, selective, Attainment 8 69.3); and Hillview School for Girls (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 49.1).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Leigh Academy Tonbridge.

Leigh Academy Tonbridge 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 76 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 87% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 30% to a further education college and 1% to an apprenticeship.

Of the 28 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 36% went on to university or other higher education, 4% to apprenticeships and 36% into work.

8.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 39 pupils (4.8%) received SEN support and 27 (3.3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Tonbridge Rail Station, about 760 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Leigh Academy Tonbridge (outside), 60 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Leigh Academy Tonbridge stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Leigh Academy Tonbridge issued 137 suspensions, 19.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Leigh Academy Tonbridge are Sussex Road Community Primary School (0.2 miles), Slade Primary School and Attached Unit for Children with Hearing Impairment (0.8 miles), Royal Rise Primary School (0.9 miles) and Bishop Chavasse Primary School (1.3 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.