Leigh Academy Hugh Christie

Academy sponsor ledSecondaryAges 11–18MixedSixth form

White Cottage Road, Tonbridge, TN10 4PU

Headteacher · Mr Palak Shah

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Key facts

Pupils688Capacity 1,226

OfstedRequires improvementInspected 11 October 2023

TrustLeigh Academies Trust

Free school meals40.1%

SEN provisionResourced provision

Requires improvement

Graded inspection on 11 October 2023 (as Hugh Christie School).

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Year 7 applications close 31 October 2026

For September 2027. Apply through Kent council, not the school. National offer day is 1 March 2027.

All 83 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered160

Applications242

First choice83

First-choice offers83

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).