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Leigh Academy Hugh Christie

Secondary Academy school in Tonbridge TN10 4PU

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  • School Reference Number: 150743
  • Address: White Cottage Road, Tonbridge TN10 4PU
  • Headteacher: Mr Palak Shah
  • Telephone: 01732 353544
  • Managing Organisation: Leigh Academies Trust
  • Type: Academies
  • Sub-Type: Academy sponsor led
  • Phase: Secondary
  • Pupil Capacity: 1,226
  • Local Education Authority: Kent
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Age Range: 11 to 18
  • Admissions Policy: Non-selective
  • Active From: April 2024* (New Provision)

* Active From and To dates don't necessarily mean that a school opened or closed on those dates. Schools are allocated a new Reference Number when they change status in any way, for example when a local authority school converts to an academy or when schools are combined or merged.

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Latest Ofsted Rating

Inspected on 11/10/2023

Rating published on 27/11/2023

Overall effectiveness: Requires Improvement

Quality of education: Good

Behaviour and attitudes: Requires Improvement

Personal development: Good

Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good

Sixth form provision: Good

Information on this page is sumarised from two sources: EduBase, which is the government database of schools in England and Wales, and Ofsted, which is responsible for inspecting schools and educational establishments in England. You can view the full, unedited data from these providers below. Ofsted data will only be available for currently active registrations and recently closed registrations.

Unique Reference Number150743
Local Authority Code886
Local Authority NameKent
Establishment Number4036
School / College NameLeigh Academy Hugh Christie
Establishment Type Code28
Establishment typeAcademy sponsor led
Establishment Type Group Code10
Establishment Type GroupAcademies
Establishment Status Code1
Establishment statusOpen
Reason Establishment Opened Code06
Reason establishment openedNew Provision
Open date01-04-2024
Reason Establishment Closed Code99
Reason establishment closed
Close date
Phase Of Education Code 4
Phase of educationSecondary
Age range Low11
Age range High18
Boarders Code1
BoardersNo boarders
Nursery provisionNo Nursery Classes
Official Sixth Form Code1
Official sixth formHas a sixth form
Gender Code3
Gender of entryMixed
Religious Character Code06
Religious characterNone
Religious ethosNone
Diocese Code0000
DioceseNot applicable
Admissions Policy Code4
Admissons policyNon-selective
School capacity1,226
Special Classes Code1
Special classesHas Special Classes
Census Date
Number of Pupils
Number of Boys
Number of Girls
Percentage Free School Meals
Trust School Flag Code3
Trust School Flag Supported by a multi-academy trust
Trusts Code3725
Academy trust or TrustLEIGH ACADEMIES TRUST
School Sponsor FlagLinked to a sponsor
Academy sponsorLeigh Academies Trust
Federation FlagNot applicable
Federations Code
Federation
UKPRN10094758
FEHE Identifier
Further education type
Last Changed Date04-11-2024
StreetWhite Cottage Road
Locality
Address3
TownTonbridge
County (name)Kent
PostcodeTN10 4PU
Website
Telephone01732353544
Headteacher/Principal titleMr
Headteacher/Principal first namePalak
Headteacher/Principal last nameShah
Headteacher/Principal Job Title
BSO Inspectorate NameNot applicable
Inspectorate Report
Date of Last Inspection Visit
Next Inspection Visit
Teenage mothers provisionNot applicable
Teenage mothers capacity
Childcare facilities provision
SEN facilitiesNot applicable
Pupils with EBDNot applicable
Number of places
Full time provision
Pupils educated by other providers
Section 41 approvedNot applicable
SEN provision
Type of resourced provision
Resourced provision number on roll
Resourced provision capacity
SEN unit number on roll
SEN unit capacity
Government Office Region CodeJ
Government Office RegionSouth East
District CodeE07000115
DistrictTonbridge and Malling
Ward CodeE05015051
WardTrench
Parliamentary Constituency CodeE14001549
Parliamentary ConstituencyTonbridge
Urban/Rural CodeC1
Urban/Rural Description(England/Wales) Urban city and town
GSS LA CodeE10000016
Easting559444
Northing148580
Middle Super Output Area (MSOA)Tonbridge and Malling 009
Lower Super Output Area (LSOA)Tonbridge and Malling 009A
Inspectorate Name
Number of special pupils under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Number of special pupils not under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Boarding Establishment
Proprietor's Name
Previous Local Authority Code999
Previous local authority
Previous establishment number
CountryUnited Kingdom
UPRN10002906320
Site Name
QAB Code0
QAB NameNot applicable
Establishment Accredited Code0
Establishment AccreditedNot applicable
QAB Report
CH Number
MSOA CodeE02005157
LSOA CodeE01024730
Free School Meals
Accreditation Expiry Date
URN150743
Web Linkhttp://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/150743
LAESTAB8864036
School nameLeigh Academy Hugh Christie
Ofsted phaseSecondary
Type of educationAcademy Sponsor Led
School open date01/04/2024
Admissions policyNon-selective
Sixth formHas a sixth form
Designated religious characterNone
Religious ethosNone
Faith groupingNon-faith
Ofsted regionSouth East
RegionSouth East
Local authorityKent
Parliamentary constituencyTonbridge
Multi-academy trust UID3725
Multi-academy trust nameLeigh Academies Trust
Academy sponsor UID3724
Academy sponsor nameLeigh Academies Trust
PostcodeTN10 4PU
Number of warning notices issued in 2023/24 academic yearN/A
The income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI) quintile3
Total number of pupils894
Statutory lowest age11
Statutory highest age18
Latest ungraded inspection number since last graded inspectionN/A
Does the ungraded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?N/A
URN at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
LAESTAB at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School name at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School type at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
Number of ungraded inspections since the last graded inspectionN/A
Date of latest ungraded inspectionN/A
Ungraded inspection publication dateN/A
Did the latest ungraded inspection convert to a graded inspection?N/A
Ungraded inspection overall outcomeN/A
Number of monitoring and urgent inspections since last graded inspectionN/A
Inspection number of latest graded inspection10311435
Inspection typeSchools with Serious Weaknesses Visit 1
Inspection type groupingSection 8 deemed section 5
Event type groupingSchools - S8 deemed S5
Inspection start date11/10/2023
Publication date27/11/2023
Does the latest graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?No
URN at time of latest graded inspection118903
LAESTAB at time of latest graded inspection8865431
School name at time of latest graded inspectionHugh Christie School
School type at time of latest graded inspectionFoundation School
Current school type used for chart C6Not inspected in current form
Overall effectivenessRequires Improvement
Category of concernN/A
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesRequires Improvement
Personal developmentGood
Effectiveness of leadership and managementGood
Safeguarding is effective?Yes
Early years provisionN/A
Sixth form provisionGood
Previous inspection number10256415
Previous inspection start date13/03/2023
Previous publication date06/07/2023
Does the previous graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?No
URN at time of previous graded inspection118903
LAESTAB at time of previous graded inspection8865431
School name at time of previous graded inspectionHugh Christie School
School type at time of previous graded inspectionFoundation School
Previous graded inspection overall effectiveness4
Previous category of concernSWK
Previous quality of educationGood
Previous behaviour and attitudesRequires Improvement
Previous personal developmentGood
Previous effectiveness of leadership and managementInadequate
Previous safeguarding is effective?No
Previous early years provisionN/A
Previous sixth form provisionGood

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