Leigh Academy Ebbsfleet

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Kent council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Kent's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 91 families put this school as their first choice, and 122 places were offered. 91 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 1 October 2019. Overall: Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Sixth form

Requires improvement

Short (ungraded) inspection, 4 December 2024: Improved significantly.

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

788 (capacity 780)

Gender

Mixed

Academy trust

LEIGH ACADEMIES TRUST

Phone

01322242252

Address

Southfleet Road, Swanscombe, DA10 0BZ

Website

ebbsfleetacademy.org.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports