Wigston College
Ofsted: Good
Score
C57
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Wigston, LE18 2DS
- Distance
- 1.3km away
South Wigston High School
St Thomas Road, Wigston, LE18 4TA
Local ranking43rd of 44 secondary schools in Leicestershire
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Secondary
Phase
860
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 34.5 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 22.8% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 40.7% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 27.2% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.0 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 162
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 7.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 783
- Boys
- 401 (51%)
- Girls
- 382 (49%)
- Capacity
- 860 (91% full)
- SEND
- 13.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 31.4%
- EAL
- 9.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.8%
- SEN Support
- 12.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 50.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,867/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 33.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 76.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 5.6%
- Black African: 5.6%
- White Other: 3.1%
- Mixed Other: 2.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.2%
- Asian Other: 1.3%
- Asian Indian: 1.2%
76.1%
White British
5.6%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
5.6%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
St Thomas Road
Wigston, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 137931
- UKPRN
- 10036609
- Establishment No.
- 5402
- Trust
- LEARNING WITHOUT LIMITS ACADEMY TRUST
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