Leigh Academies Trust is delighted to announce that Ebbsfleet Academy has received exceptional feedback following its recent Ofsted inspection on 3rd and 4th December 2024. The inspection confirms that the academy’s performance has improved significantly across all areas since its last inspection, with inspectors planning a return for a graded inspection.
The ungraded inspection highlighted the academy’s commitment to its vision: “Believe, Achieve, Succeed,” which underpins a culture of aspiration, inclusion, and success. Inspectors praised the academy’s efforts to create a supportive and welcoming environment, with many staff and pupils stating that “the school feels like a family.”
“The school wants pupils to ‘believe, achieve, succeed.”
– Ofsted
- “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”
- “Pupils are able to talk about what they learn with confidence”
- “The support that students in the sixth form receive enables them to progress to a range of increasingly ambitious destinations”
- “New pupils quickly learn the school’s clear behaviour expectations that help everyone to learn”
- “Pupils benefit from an extensive programme of life-skills and careers education”
- “Many staff and pupils talked about how the school feels like a family”
- “Pupils attend happily, safely and with pride”