Wigmore School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C56
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Leominster, HR6 9UW
- Distance
- 11.3km away
Ludlow Church of England School
Bromfield Road, Burway, Ludlow, SY8 1GJ
Local ranking17th of 20 secondary schools in Shropshire
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
700
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 7 May 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 7 May 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 40.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 28.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 56.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 106
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 623
- Boys
- 316 (50%)
- Girls
- 310 (50%)
- Capacity
- 700 (89% full)
- SEND
- 17.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 22.5%
- EAL
- 4.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.7%
- SEN Support
- 14.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 34.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,266/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
- 9.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 27.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 83.5%
- White Other: 9.1%
- Asian Indian: 1.6%
- Mixed Other: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- Black African: 0.8%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.5%
83.5%
White British
9.1%
White Other
1.6%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Bromfield Road
Ludlow, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 144435
- UKPRN
- 10063121
- Establishment No.
- 4501
- Trust
- DIOCESE OF HEREFORD MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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