What did Ofsted judge Leigh Academy Blackheath's overall effectiveness to be?

Ofsted judged Leigh Academy Blackheath's overall effectiveness as Outstanding at its inspection in December 2022, on Ofsted's own scale.

How many pupils attend Leigh Academy Blackheath?

Leigh Academy Blackheath has 1,060 pupils on roll.

What ages does Leigh Academy Blackheath take?

Leigh Academy Blackheath admits pupils aged 11 to 18.

Where is Leigh Academy Blackheath located?

Leigh Academy Blackheath is located in London, SE3 8SY, Greenwich.

How do I apply to Leigh Academy Blackheath?

Leigh Academy Blackheath is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for secondary places is 31 October.

How are Year 7 places decided at Leigh Academy Blackheath?

When Leigh Academy Blackheath has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Children in Care or previously looked after Children — A looked after child is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions... A previously looked after child means children who were adopted (or subject to child arrangements orders or special guardianship orders) immediately following having been looked after..; 2. Sibling — Students whose sibling(s) currently attends the academy and will continue to do so at the time of entry. Brother or sister means children who live as brother and sister in the same house, including natural, adopted, step or foster siblings. Multiple-birth siblings will all be admitted even if this exceeds PAN; 3. Children of Leigh Academy Blackheath Staff — The son or daughter of a member of staff who has been employed at the academy for two or more years at the time of application, or who has been recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage, and 3 further criteria. The school offers 180 places at this entry point. Tie-break: If the academy is oversubscribed and it is necessary to use a tie-breaker to distinguish between two or more applications in any of criteria 1-6, a distance criterion will be used as in criterion 5. If two or more students have equal eligibility for the last place, names will be issued a number and drawn randomly, overseen by someone independent of the academy trust.

What is the largest ethnic background at Leigh Academy Blackheath?

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 36.7% of pupils at Leigh Academy Blackheath are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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Leigh Academy Blackheath admits by banding: applicants are placed into bands and each band is filled separately, so there is no single last-offer distance. Each band has its own, and which one applies depends on your child's assessment — so one number could not answer this for every child.

How the bands work: Applicants who have undertaken the fair banding test are split into 5 equally sized bands based on test results, to ensure a broad range of abilities is admitted. If the number of applicants is not divisible by five: 1 extra applicant → additional applicant in Band 2; 2 extra → one in Band 3 and one in Band 4; 3 extra → one in Band 5, one in Band 1 and one in Band 2; 4 extra → one in Bands 2,3,4 and 5 respectively. If two children score the same, academy priority criteria are used to decide which band each goes in.

Your local authority’s admissions booklet publishes the cut-off for each band. The full ranked criteria are on the Admissions tab.

How places are decided at Leigh Academy Blackheath

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Children in Care or previously looked after Children — A looked after child is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions... A previously looked after child means children who were adopted (or subject to child arrangements orders or special guardianship orders) immediately following having been looked after...
2Sibling — Students whose sibling(s) currently attends the academy and will continue to do so at the time of entry. Brother or sister means children who live as brother and sister in the same house, including natural, adopted, step or foster siblings. Multiple-birth siblings will all be admitted even if this exceeds PAN.
3Children of Leigh Academy Blackheath Staff — The son or daughter of a member of staff who has been employed at the academy for two or more years at the time of application, or who has been recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
4Health and Special Access Reasons — Medical and social reasons applied in accordance with the academy's legal obligations under the Equality Act 2010, where the child or parent/guardian has a demonstrable and significant need to attend the academy, supported by written evidence from a suitably qualified medical or social worker submitted at time of application.
5Distance — Distance between the child's permanent home address and the academy, measured in a straight line using the Local Authority's computerised measuring system, with those living closest given priority.
6Applicants who did not undertake the Fair Banding Test — Those applicants who did not undertake the Fair Banding Test will then be considered, with priority given using criteria 1-5.

If two applications tie: If the academy is oversubscribed and it is necessary to use a tie-breaker to distinguish between two or more applications in any of criteria 1-6, a distance criterion will be used as in criterion 5. If two or more students have equal eligibility for the last place, names will be issued a number and drawn randomly, overseen by someone independent of the academy trust.

Before application of oversubscription criteria, children with an EHCP naming Leigh Academy Blackheath are admitted and the PAN reduced accordingly. Fair Access Protocol vulnerable children take precedence over waiting list.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.

Leigh Academy Blackheath: key facts

What did Ofsted judge Leigh Academy Blackheath's overall effectiveness to be?: Ofsted judged Leigh Academy Blackheath's overall effectiveness as Outstanding at its inspection in December 2022, on Ofsted's own scale.
How many pupils attend Leigh Academy Blackheath?: Leigh Academy Blackheath has 1,060 pupils on roll.
What ages does Leigh Academy Blackheath take?: Leigh Academy Blackheath admits pupils aged 11 to 18.
Where is Leigh Academy Blackheath located?: Leigh Academy Blackheath is located in London, SE3 8SY, Greenwich.
How do I apply to Leigh Academy Blackheath?: Leigh Academy Blackheath is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for secondary places is 31 October.
How are Year 7 places decided at Leigh Academy Blackheath?: When Leigh Academy Blackheath has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Children in Care or previously looked after Children — A looked after child is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions... A previously looked after child means children who were adopted (or subject to child arrangements orders or special guardianship orders) immediately following having been looked after..; 2. Sibling — Students whose sibling(s) currently attends the academy and will continue to do so at the time of entry. Brother or sister means children who live as brother and sister in the same house, including natural, adopted, step or foster siblings. Multiple-birth siblings will all be admitted even if this exceeds PAN; 3. Children of Leigh Academy Blackheath Staff — The son or daughter of a member of staff who has been employed at the academy for two or more years at the time of application, or who has been recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage, and 3 further criteria. The school offers 180 places at this entry point. Tie-break: If the academy is oversubscribed and it is necessary to use a tie-breaker to distinguish between two or more applications in any of criteria 1-6, a distance criterion will be used as in criterion 5. If two or more students have equal eligibility for the last place, names will be issued a number and drawn randomly, overseen by someone independent of the academy trust.
What is the largest ethnic background at Leigh Academy Blackheath?: According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 36.7% of pupils at Leigh Academy Blackheath are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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Your local authority’s admissions booklet publishes the cut-off for each band. The full ranked criteria are on the Admissions tab.

How places are decided at Leigh Academy Blackheath

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Children in Care or previously looked after Children — A looked after child is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions... A previously looked after child means children who were adopted (or subject to child arrangements orders or special guardianship orders) immediately following having been looked after...
2Sibling — Students whose sibling(s) currently attends the academy and will continue to do so at the time of entry. Brother or sister means children who live as brother and sister in the same house, including natural, adopted, step or foster siblings. Multiple-birth siblings will all be admitted even if this exceeds PAN.
3Children of Leigh Academy Blackheath Staff — The son or daughter of a member of staff who has been employed at the academy for two or more years at the time of application, or who has been recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
4Health and Special Access Reasons — Medical and social reasons applied in accordance with the academy's legal obligations under the Equality Act 2010, where the child or parent/guardian has a demonstrable and significant need to attend the academy, supported by written evidence from a suitably qualified medical or social worker submitted at time of application.
5Distance — Distance between the child's permanent home address and the academy, measured in a straight line using the Local Authority's computerised measuring system, with those living closest given priority.
6Applicants who did not undertake the Fair Banding Test — Those applicants who did not undertake the Fair Banding Test will then be considered, with priority given using criteria 1-5.

Leigh Academy Blackheath: key facts

What did Ofsted judge Leigh Academy Blackheath's overall effectiveness to be?: Ofsted judged Leigh Academy Blackheath's overall effectiveness as Outstanding at its inspection in December 2022, on Ofsted's own scale.
How many pupils attend Leigh Academy Blackheath?: Leigh Academy Blackheath has 1,060 pupils on roll.
What ages does Leigh Academy Blackheath take?: Leigh Academy Blackheath admits pupils aged 11 to 18.
Where is Leigh Academy Blackheath located?: Leigh Academy Blackheath is located in London, SE3 8SY, Greenwich.
How do I apply to Leigh Academy Blackheath?: Leigh Academy Blackheath is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for secondary places is 31 October.
How are Year 7 places decided at Leigh Academy Blackheath?: When Leigh Academy Blackheath has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Children in Care or previously looked after Children — A looked after child is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions... A previously looked after child means children who were adopted (or subject to child arrangements orders or special guardianship orders) immediately following having been looked after..; 2. Sibling — Students whose sibling(s) currently attends the academy and will continue to do so at the time of entry. Brother or sister means children who live as brother and sister in the same house, including natural, adopted, step or foster siblings. Multiple-birth siblings will all be admitted even if this exceeds PAN; 3. Children of Leigh Academy Blackheath Staff — The son or daughter of a member of staff who has been employed at the academy for two or more years at the time of application, or who has been recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage, and 3 further criteria. The school offers 180 places at this entry point. Tie-break: If the academy is oversubscribed and it is necessary to use a tie-breaker to distinguish between two or more applications in any of criteria 1-6, a distance criterion will be used as in criterion 5. If two or more students have equal eligibility for the last place, names will be issued a number and drawn randomly, overseen by someone independent of the academy trust.
What is the largest ethnic background at Leigh Academy Blackheath?: According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 36.7% of pupils at Leigh Academy Blackheath are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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