Leigh Academy Ebbsfleet

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 3 December 2024

Everyone is valued at Ebbsfleet Academy. Pupils attend happily, safely and with pride. The school wants pupils to 'believe, achieve, succeed'. It creates a culture of aspiration and success, with a broad and interesting curriculum that opens pupils' eyes to the world around them. Many pupils join at different points of the school year. Whenever they join, each new pupil gets the help they need to settle in swiftly. New pupils quickly learn the school's clear behaviour expectations that help everyone to learn. The school is divided into two smaller colleges. This helps pupils to feel known and cared for. Many staff and pupils talked about how the school feels like a family. Leaders have high expectations of pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). As a result, the achievement of pupils, including those in the sixth form, has improved over time. Given their starting points, pupils now achieve well, as indicated in provisional published outcomes in 2024. Pupils benefit from an extensive programme of life-skills and careers education. They learn about how to maintain mental and physical health. They also receive extensive assistance with their next steps. The support that students in the sixth form receive enables them to progress to a range of increasingly ambitious destinations.

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