Secondary · ME12 · Sheerness

Leigh Academy Minster

Minster Road, Sheerness, ME12 3JQ

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LEIGH ACADEMIES TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

OfstedNo grade

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedNot published
Attendance (2024/25)86.6%
Attainment (2024/25)Attainment 8: 28.4
Roll vs capacityAround published capacity
Pupils1005

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

No grade

No Ofsted overall grade published yet for this school.

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in ME12. Where we have them, council (Swale) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Opened in September 2024 as a split from Oasis Academy Isle of Sheppey. These figures are for this school only, not for Oasis Academy Isle of Sheppey.

Pupils on roll
1005
Free school meals
42.2%
7.1% below district average (49.3%)

Also: England 25.8%

SEN
12.6%
14.7% below district average (27.3%)

Also: England 16.5%

EAL
4.6%
2% below district average (6.6%)
Attendance
86.6% Autumn and spring 2024/25
1.2% below district average (87.8%)

Also: England 91.9%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the ME12 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. Headline GCSE measures are 2024/25. England is the state-funded average from the same tables. Progress 8 of 0 is typical.

Persistent absence2024/25

39.8%

17.9% above England (21.9%)

Attainment 82024/25

28.4

17.7 below England (46.1)

Grade 5+ English & maths2024/25

7.5%

37.9% below England (45.4%)

Grade 4+ English & maths2024/25

25.4%

39.4% below England (64.8%)

Entered for EBacc2024/25

32.9%

7.6% below England (40.5%)

EBacc average point score2024/25

2.36

1.7 below England (4.09)

Admissions

Applications and offers (September 2026 entry)

For September 2026 entry, 223 families put this school first. 192 of them were offered a place here.

Named as first preference
223
First-preference offers
192
First preferences offered a place
86.1%
Total offers
203
Named on any preference
448

This is historic demand from one admissions round. It is not a guarantee of a place, and it does not show a catchment area. Admission rules and priorities differ by school.

SourceDfE applications and offers, September 2026 entryPublished 18th of June 2026.

How full the building is

Roll versus published capacity
Around published capacity
Published capacity (GIAS)
1150
Pupils on roll
1005

Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.

Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Kent page.

SEN support

SEN %
12.6%

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Schools near Leigh Academy Minster

Distances are in a straight line from this school. They are not catchment areas.

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Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Oct 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • We do not publish school photos. The banner shows initials from the school name.
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