Wigston Academy

Wigston Academy is a good school that effectively serves its community, demonstrating strong leadership and a supportive environment for pupils. Teachers maintain high expectations, promoting resilience and ambition through the school’s core values. The curriculum has seen significant improvements, particularly in preparing pupils for real-life challenges. However, while the overall performance is commendable, some inconsistencies in assessment practices were noted, indicating room for further enhancement in teaching strategies across various subjects.

Strengths

• High expectations maintained by teachers for all pupils.
• Positive relationships between staff and pupils fostering a supportive environment.
• Wide range of extracurricular activities promoting personal development.
• Well-structured support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Effective strategies in place for improving reading among pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent checking of pupil understanding in some subjects.
• Assessment practices are variable and need improvement in matching tasks to pupil needs.

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 Wigston Academy attended 91.1% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 26.3% 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, 4.7% of pupils at Wigston Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 5 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 Wigston Academy had 16.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.5% 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, 12.9% of pupils at Wigston Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 4.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

The school has resourced provision with 7 pupils.

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 Wigston Academy received £7,795 and spent £7,700 for each of its 1,314 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £4,922,000 (£3,746 per pupil).

Across all 2 schools of Wigston Academies Trust, income was £7,798 and spending £7,557 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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Wigston Academy is part of Wigston Academies Trust, which runs 2 schools. The nearest others:

• Wigston College Wigston

What is Wigston Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Wigston Academy is Good, from an inspection in August 2022.

When was Wigston Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Wigston Academy was last inspected in August 2022.

How many pupils does Wigston Academy have?

Wigston Academy has 1,286 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wigston Academy cover?

Wigston Academy for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Wigston Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 39.4, and 29% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Wigston Academy?

Wigston Academy is at Station Road, Wigston, Leicestershire, LE18 2DT.