Secondary
Leigh Academy Blackheath
Old Dover Road, Blackheath, London, SE3 8SY
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1060 of 1150 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.0
- Local authority
- Greenwich
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- LEIGH ACADEMIES TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 47.9
- All staff (FTE)
- 67.3
- Pupils per adult
- 14.3
- Pupils
- 959
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected December 2022
Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
61%
8 points above the London average (53% across 239 schools)
55.0
3.9 above the London average (51.1 across 239 schools)
57th of 239 by our score, among the secondary schools in London we can score - 299 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 55 |
| EBacc average point score | 5.24 |
| Entered the EBacc | 88% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 79% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 61% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 50% |
| 23/24 | 70% |
| 24/25 | 61% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | -0.23 |
| 23/24 | +0.22 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 47.6 |
| 23/24 | 54.0 |
| 24/25 | 55.0 |
Old Dover Road, Blackheath, London, SE3 8SY
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Greenwich admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Emma Smith
- Address
- Old Dover Road, Blackheath, London, SE3 8SY
- Telephone
- 02081040888