Wigmore School

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-19
Religion Unknown
Address Ford Street
Wigmore
Leominster
Herefordshire
HR6 9UW
Phone 01568770323
Reference Number 136405

General Makeup

Number of pupils 449
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 54.12%
Girls: 45.88%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 12.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 2.4%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 47 38 85
8 41 54 95
9 59 32 91
10 49 40 89
11 47 42 89
12 Unknown Unknown Unknown
13 Unknown Unknown Unknown

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 93.1%
White, Other 3.8%
Unclassified 0.9%
White & Asian 0.7%
Mixed, Other 0.4%
Asian, Other 0.4%
Irish 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2023-09-26
Date Description Report
2023-06-28 School inspection School inspection
2018-03-13 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-02-14 Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter
2011-01-07 Interim assessment Interim assessment
Previously as Wigmore High School
2009-09-16 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2008-11-19 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2008-03-04 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2004-10-18 Full inspection Full inspection
2009-09-16 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2008-11-19 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2008-03-04 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2004-10-18 Full inspection Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
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GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 36.4% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 59.1% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 28 1
Third Preference 19 0
From another Local Authority 21 10

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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Name Distance
Wigmore Primary School
Ford Street, Wigmore, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 9UN
0.08 miles
Leintwardine Endowed CE Primary School
Watling Street, Leintwardine, Craven Arms, Shropshire, SY7 0LL
3.45 miles
Shobdon Primary School
Shobdon, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 9LX
4.54 miles
St Mary's CofE Primary School
Chapel Lawn Road, Bucknell, Shropshire, SY7 0AA
4.87 miles
Name Distance
Lucton School
Lucton, Leominster, Leominster, HR6 9PN
3.03 miles
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