UK Schools
Leigh Academy Blackheath
Leigh Academy Blackheath is a mixed secondary free school in London, Royal Borough of Greenwich, teaching 1,060 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its last graded inspection in December 2022. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 55 (England 46.1). Term dates and holidays for 2025–2026 are listed below.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Leigh Academy Blackheath.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Leigh Academy Blackheath.
Key dates (2025–2026)
- INSET Day Thu 28 Aug 2025 Inset Day
- INSET Day Fri 29 Aug 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Term Start (Year 7 and Year 12 only) Mon 1 Sep 2025 Term
- Autumn Term Start (Whole school) Tue 2 Sep 2025 Term
- Autumn Term End Fri 17 Oct 2025 Term
- Autumn Break Mon 20 Oct – Fri 31 Oct 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Term 2 Start Mon 3 Nov 2025 Term
- Autumn Term 2 End Fri 19 Dec 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday Mon 22 Dec 2025 – Fri 2 Jan 2026 Holiday
- Bank Holiday – New Year’s Day Thu 1 Jan 2026 Holiday
- INSET Day Mon 5 Jan 2026 Inset Day
- Spring Term Start Tue 6 Jan 2026 Term
- Spring Term End Thu 12 Feb 2026 Term
- INSET Day Fri 13 Feb 2026 Inset Day
- Winter Break Mon 16 Feb – Fri 20 Feb 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term 2 Start Mon 23 Feb 2026 Term
- Spring Term 2 End Fri 27 Mar 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday Mon 30 Mar – Fri 10 Apr 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term Start Mon 13 Apr 2026 Term
- Bank Holiday – Early May Bank Holiday Mon 4 May 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term Half End Fri 22 May 2026 Term
- Bank Holiday – Spring Bank Holiday Mon 25 May 2026 Holiday
- Spring Break Tue 26 May – Fri 29 May 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term 2 Start Mon 1 Jun 2026 Term
- Summer Term End Fri 17 Jul 2026 Term
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Leigh Academy Blackheath with Royal Borough of Greenwich and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 55 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Royal Borough of Greenwich England
Attendance 14.2% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Royal Borough of Greenwich England
What pupils do after GCSEs 89% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Royal Borough of Greenwich England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Leigh Academy Blackheath. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Leigh Academy Blackheath than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.