Wigston College
Secondary school · Academy converter · ages 16 to 18 · Mixed
Station Road, Wigston, LE18 2DS
- Pupils241
- Ages16 to 18
- Latest Ofsted11 May 2022
- FundingState-funded
Ofsted inspections
Shown exactly as Ofsted published them, each with its own date.
Ungraded inspection · 11 May 2022
Outcome: School remains Good. An ungraded inspection checks whether a school is still at the standard of its last graded inspection; it doesn’t give new grades.
Ungraded inspection · report published 29 Jun 2022
Read the full reports on Ofsted’s website (opens in a new tab) — they explain the reasons behind each grade.
Source: Ofsted, state-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (latest inspections as at 30 September 2026). Newer inspections may be on Ofsted’s website. How Ofsted inspections work.
Results
GCSE results (end of Year 11, key stage 4)
Latest: 2024/25 · 0 pupils. Each figure shows its year. What these mean
Progress 8 score
Compares pupils’ Attainment 8 results with pupils across England who had similar results at the end of primary school. 0 means about the same; above 0 means more progress, below 0 less. How to read Progress 8.
No Progress 8 score
The Department for Education says Progress 8 can’t be calculated for 2024/25 or 2025/26, because those pupils had no key stage 2 test results (the tests were cancelled in 2020 and 2021 because of COVID-19).
Sixth form results (16 to 18)
2024/25 · 265 students. What these mean
A level average grade
Not shown
Not shown, to protect pupils’ privacy (small numbers).
Average point score per entry: 30.13 · Leicestershire: 32.88 · England (state-funded schools): 35
Best 3 A levels: average grade
C+
Applied general qualifications: average grade
Merit+
Tech level qualifications: average grade
Dist+
A level progress (value added)
How well students did in their A levels compared with students across England with similar earlier results. 0 is about the same.
2024/25
+0.05
The DfE gives a range of −0.07 to +0.17 (95% confidence interval). The range includes 0, so we can’t say it differs from the national average.
Progress band: Average (published as a number from 1 to 5; how we word it)
AAB or better at A level, with at least 2 facilitating subjects
A level students retained to the end of their course
Results describe one group of pupils in one year, so they can change a lot — especially in small schools. The DfE says “conclusions should not be drawn on a single piece of data alone.” This school on the DfE’s performance tables (opens in a new tab).
Source: Department for Education, school performance tables and Explore education statistics (key stage 4, 2025/26 provisional). England and local authority figures are the DfE’s own, for the same year.
Pupils and attendance
- Pupils
- 241 (capacity 929)
144 girls, 97 boys - Eligible for free school meals
- 0% (currently eligible, census of January 2026)
Pupils with SEN support
Special educational needs, without an education, health and care (EHC) plan.
2024/25
Pupils with an EHC plan
An education, health and care plan sets out the support a child must get.
2024/25
Eligible for free school meals at any time in the last 6 years
2024/25
First language not English
This is not a measure of how well pupils speak English.
2024/25
Sources: Get Information about Schools; DfE school census and absence statistics via the performance tables. What these figures mean.
About the school
- Type
- Academy converter (Academies)
- Phase
- Secondary
- Trust
- WIGSTON ACADEMIES TRUST
- Sponsor
- Wigston Academies Trust
- Boys, girls or mixed
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Opened
- 1 November 2012
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Parliamentary constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
- URN
- 138894 (the DfE’s reference number for the school)
Source: Get Information about Schools (Department for Education). See the full record (opens in a new tab).
Admissions
For a place at the usual starting age you apply through your home council (where you live), even if the school is in another area — not to the school. You can usually name several schools in order of preference.
Apply for a secondary place (GOV.UK)
How school admissions work: deadlines, oversubscription and appeals.