Wigston College
Ofsted: Good
Score
C57
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Wigston, LE18 2DS
- Distance
- 0.2km away
Wigston Academy
Station Road, Wigston, LE18 2DT
Local ranking34th of 44 secondary schools in Leicestershire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1560
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 7 June 2022. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 39.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 28.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 48.2% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 257
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
- 655 (51%)
- Girls
- 631 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1560 (82% 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
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- 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: 73.9%
- White Other: 5.7%
- Asian Indian: 5.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.4%
- Black African: 2.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.5%
- Mixed Other: 1.7%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.6%
73.9%
White British
5.7%
White Other
5.3%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Station Road
Wigston, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 137984
- UKPRN
- 10036926
- Establishment No.
- 5403
- Trust
- WIGSTON ACADEMIES TRUST
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