South Wigston High School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D40
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Wigston, LE18 4TA
- Distance
- 2.9km away
Countesthorpe Academy
Winchester Road, Countesthorpe, LE8 5PR
Local ranking40th of 44 secondary schools in Leicestershire
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1795
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 29 October 2024. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 29 October 2024 — 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
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 38.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 36.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 55.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 155
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Higher education
- 57.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 28.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
30.1
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
32.8
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
101
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 14.1% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 34.3
- 16-18 Cohort
- 189
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1190
- Boys
- 575 (50%)
- Girls
- 574 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1795 (64% full)
- SEND
- 13.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 22.2%
- EAL
- 5.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.2%
- SEN Support
- 11.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 77.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,564/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
- 9.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 26.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 84.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.7%
- White Other: 2.6%
- Asian Indian: 2.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.2%
- Black African: 2.2%
- Asian Other: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.6%
84.9%
White British
2.7%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
2.6%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Winchester Road
Countesthorpe, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 147902
- UKPRN
- 10085700
- Establishment No.
- 4027
- Trust
- LIFE MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
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