Leigh Academy Mascalls
Maidstone Road, Tonbridge, TN12 6LT
1,227 pupils · 85% of 1,450 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- LEIGH ACADEMIES TRUST
- Local authority
- Kent
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 26.1%
Ofsted
Expected standard (2026) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
| Post-16 | Strong standard |
| Safeguarding | Met |
Inspected 28 April 2026, published 19 May 2026. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 40.4 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 34.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 51.3% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 46.7% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.71 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 268 | 190 | 492 | 242 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 231 | 173 | 501 | 223 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 266 | 190 | 537 | 262 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 294 | 193 | 518 | 240 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 300 | 195 | 452 | 238 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 267 | 143 | 571 | 218 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 231 | 177 | 459 | 226 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 240 | 241 | 568 | 240 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Hadlow Rural Community School 7.3 km · Requires improvement (2024) · previous system
- Skinners' Kent Academy 7.5 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Hillview School for Girls 7.6 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Weald of Kent Grammar School 7.7 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Tonbridge Grammar School 8.2 km · Outstanding (2019) · previous system
- The Judd School 9 km · No overall grade (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.