Welland Park Academy

Welland Park Academy continues to perform effectively, successfully maintaining the standards set during its previous inspection in July 2019. The school provides a nurturing and supportive environment where pupils demonstrate high levels of confidence and pride in their learning. The curriculum is broad and ambitious, and staff utilize expert subject knowledge to enhance teaching quality. Despite some isolated challenges in checking pupils' understanding, the overall emphasis on personal development and support for special educational needs is commendable, contributing positively to pupils' academic and social achievements.

Strengths

• Strong pupil-teacher relationships fostering a caring community.
• High standards of behaviour with minimal disruptions to learning.
• Ambitious extra-curricular offerings enhancing cultural knowledge.
• Strong focus on personal development and well-being.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs.
• Proactive approach to filling gaps in pupils' reading skills.

Areas for Improvement

• Occasional lapses in checking pupils' understanding before progressing in lessons.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Welland Park Academy attended 93.7% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 12.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 2.7% of pupils at Welland Park Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Welland Park Academy had 18.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 12.6% of pupils at Welland Park Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 4.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Welland Park Academy received £7,535 and spent £7,963 for each of its 988 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £311,000 (£315 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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What is Welland Park Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Welland Park Academy is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Welland Park Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Welland Park Academy was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Welland Park Academy have?

Welland Park Academy has 1,014 pupils on roll.

What age range does Welland Park Academy cover?

Welland Park Academy for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Welland Park Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 52.3, and 61% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Welland Park Academy?

Welland Park Academy is at Welland Park Road, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 9DR.