SCHOOL PROFILE

Leigh Academy Rainham: data, trends and context

Leigh Academy Rainham is a secondary school in Medway. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
148577
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Free schools
Status
Open
Local authority
Medway
Region
South East
Trust
LEIGH ACADEMIES TRUST
Postcode
ME8 8GS
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
964
FSM eligible
22.3%
EAL / First language other than English
7.9%
SEND (total)
22.9%
SEN Support
19.4%
EHCP
3.5%
White British
72.3%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
93.8%
Overall absence
6.2%
Persistent absence
17.3%
Severe absence
3.3%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
MedwayLocal authority92.3%7.7%2.9%
South EastRegion91.5%8.5%2.8%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
14.9%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
7.2%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.38%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

See Leigh Academy Rainham against 25 similar schools

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Leigh Academy Rainham is a secondary school in Medway. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.