OFSTED
Latest inspection
11 November 2025
Latest published outcome
Met
Renewed framework
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Exceptional
Curriculum & teaching
Strong standard
Achievement
Strong standard
Attendance & behaviour
Exceptional
Personal development
Exceptional
Leadership & governance
Exceptional
INSPECTION HISTORY
Previous Ofsted activity
21 June 2022
Graded inspection
Good
Published
31 July 2022
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
—
Local authority
Greenwich
Trust
LEIGH ACADEMIES TRUST
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
987
987 full-time ·
0 part-time
Female pupils
404
40.9% of pupils
Male pupils
583
59.1% of pupils
13.5 pts
above England
School
38.3%
Greenwich
29.4%
London
26.3%
England
24.8%
12.6 pts
above England
School
32.9%
Greenwich
28.5%
London
39.2%
England
20.3%
0.9 pts
below England
School
0.1%
Greenwich
0.5%
London
0.5%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other White background
13.9%
137
Any other Mixed background
9.3%
92
Any other ethnic group
6.3%
62
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
17.7%
175 of
987 pupils
3.1 pts
below England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
12.9%
127 pupils
England
14.8%
1.9 pts
below
EHC plans
4.9%
48 pupils
England
6.0%
1.2 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder
53
Speech, language & communication
32
Specific learning difficulty
26
Other difficulty or disability
24
Social, emotional & mental health
21
Moderate learning difficulty
7
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
6.56%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
0.34 pts
higher than
England
School
6.56%
Greenwich
5.95%
London
6.38%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
20.78%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
4.96 pts
higher than
England
School
20.78%
Greenwich
16.35%
London
17.60%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
2.22%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
0.42 pts
higher than
England
School
2.22%
Greenwich
1.43%
London
1.67%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
secondary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
89.7%
2.6 pts
below England
Leigh Academy Halley
89.7%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.