Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy, Dartford

In 2026, pupils at Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 46.5, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 48.1 in Kent and 47 across England.

46% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 49% in Kent and 47% in England.

That is up from 42.9 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.14: pupils made above 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 49.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 9.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 26 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and French.

For September 2026 entry, 164 families put Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy as their first choice and 710 named it as one of their preferences, for 257 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 Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy are Stone Lodge School (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 39.5); Dartford Grammar School (1.4 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 78.9); Dartford Science & Technology College (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.1); and Dartford Grammar School for Girls (1.4 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 77.3).

Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy 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 211 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 90% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 43% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 87 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 63% went on to university or other higher education, 7% to apprenticeships and 15% into work. 8% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

In 2026, 225 pupils (17.1%) received SEN support and 39 (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.

Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy has a resourced provision for hearing impairment and speech, language and communication needs: 16 places, 16 pupils on roll.

Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy had 64 teachers in 2026, one for every 21 pupils: fewer teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Dartford Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is The Leigh Academy (adjacent), 40 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 282 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Kent (101), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy issued 170 suspensions, 12.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy are Leigh Academy Dartford (0.5 miles), Fleetdown Primary Academy (0.5 miles), The Gateway Primary Academy (0.6 miles) and The Brent Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.