Wigmore SchoolLudlow Church of England School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Wigmore School and Ludlow Church of England School are secondary schools.

  • Wigmore School scores 58 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Ludlow Church of England School scores 43 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Wigmore School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Wigmore School was judged Good and Ludlow Church of England School was judged in need of attention.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 48.4 for Wigmore School and 41.9 for Ludlow Church of England School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at Wigmore School (53.7 in 2021-22, 48.4 in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at Ludlow Church of England School (42.5 in 2021-22, 41.9 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Wigmore School versus Ludlow Church of England School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure LeominsterWigmore SchoolLudlowLudlow Church of England SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC58/100Stronger figureD43/100
Local ranking5th of 15 in Herefordshire 17th of 20 in Shropshire
InspectionOfsted: GoodStronger figureOfsted: Requires improvement
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-19 11-16
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll463 623
Capacity450 700
LocationLeominster, HR6 9UW Ludlow, SY8 1GJ
GCSE results
Attainment 848.4 Stronger figure41.9 46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths39.8% Stronger figure30.0% 45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths67.0% Stronger figure56.4% 64.8%
Entering EBacc17.0% Stronger figure16.4% 40.5%
EBacc average point score4.13 Stronger figure3.52 4.09
Cohort88 110
Pupils
Pupils in the census463 623
Free school meals (ever 6)16.2% 22.5%
English as an additional language1.9% 4.7%
SEN support16.9% 14.8%
SEN with an EHC plan3.0% 2.7%
Attendance
Overall absence7.3% Stronger figure9.2% 6.2%
Persistent absence19.3% Stronger figure27.2% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Wigmore School

Ludlow Church of England School

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