Wigston Academy
Station Road, Wigston, LE18 2DT
Local ranking26th of 44 secondary schools in Leicestershire
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1560
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 42.8 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 32.1% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 60.7% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 25.4% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.8 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 252
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 84.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1314
- Boys
- 674 (51%)
- Girls
- 640 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1560 (84% full)
- SEND
- 16.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 24.7%
- EAL
- 14.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.0%
- SEN Support
- 13.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 76.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,380/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 26.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 69.8%
- White Other: 5.4%
- Other: 5.4%
- Asian Indian: 5.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.2%
- Black Caribbean: 3.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.6%
69.8%
White British
5.4%
White Other
5.4%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 137984
- UKPRN
- 10036926
- Establishment No.
- 5403
- Trust
- WIGSTON ACADEMIES TRUST