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Leigh Academy Rainham

Otterham Quay Lane, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 8GS

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

OfstedGood

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance (2024/25)93.8%
Attainment (2024/25)–
Roll vs capacityAround published capacity
Pupils964

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Report published 24 Apr 2024.

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

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in ME8. Where we have them, council (Medway) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
964
Free school meals
22.3%
0.3% below district average (22.6%)

Also: Medway 22.9% · England 25.8%

SEN
26%
2.2% above district average (23.8%)

Also: Medway 14% · England 16.5%

EAL
7.1%
2.9% below district average (10%)
Attendance
93.8% Autumn and spring 2024/25
0.7% below district average (94.5%)

Also: Medway 92.5% · England 91.9%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the ME8 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. England is the state-funded average. Lower persistent absence is better.

Persistent absence2024/25

17.1%

4.8% below England (21.9%)

Trends

Attendance

Autumn and spring 2024/25 from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN). The headline above uses the same period.

  • 94.1%
    2021/22
  • 93.3%
    2022/23
  • 94.2%
    2023/24
  • 93.8%
    2024/25

Admissions

Applications and offers (September 2026 entry)

For September 2026 entry, 176 families put this school first. 156 of them were offered a place here.

Named as first preference
176
First-preference offers
156
First preferences offered a place
88.6%
Total offers
174
Named on any preference
681

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
964

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 Medway page.

SEN support

SEN %
26%
On-site provision
SEN unit · MLD

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 Rainham

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

Other nearby schools

All schools in ME8 · Schools in Medway

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.
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  • Methodology · Data updates