South Wigston High School
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy converter · Secondary
Wigston · LE18 4TA · Leicestershire
Ages 11–16
- Att835.0
- P8-1.0
- EM5+24%
- Absence11.6%
1.8 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: Not judgedURN 147902
Countesthorpe Academy
Academy converter · Countesthorpe · LE8 5PR
Ages 11–19 · 1,149 pupils · Leicestershire
Ofsted
Not judged
Attainment 8
39.4
Overall absence
9.9%
Admissions demand
0.96 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2024-10-29
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.80
−20+2
Attainment 839.4
English & maths grade 5+41%
English & maths grade 4+59%
EBacc entry7%
EBacc APS: 3.3
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence9.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)29.1%
Unauthorised3.2%
- Authorised absence
- 6.6%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 4.5%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,055
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.96 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
187
Places offered
197
1st-preference offers
187
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 326
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 195
- Applications from outside LA
- 68
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 35
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill64%
1,149 pupils · 1,795 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,149
- Boys / girls
- 575 / 574
- School capacity
- 1,795
- Capacity fill
- 1,149 / 1,795 (64%)
- Free school meals
- 24.5%
- FSM pupils
- 243
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–19
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: LIFE MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- LIFE MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- LIFE Multi-Academy Trust
- Headteacher
- Mr Gareth Williams
Location
- Address
- Winchester Road
- Postcode
- LE8 5PR
- Town
- Countesthorpe
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- District
- Blaby
- Constituency
- South Leicestershire
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–19, in Countesthorpe, Leicestershire, 1,149 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy. Free school meals: 24.5%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Wigston College
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Wigston · LE18 2DS · Leicestershire
Ages 16–18
- FSM0.0%
2.4 miles away
Wigston Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Wigston · LE18 2DT · Leicestershire
Ages 11–16
- Att838.4
- P8-0.6
- EM5+24%
- Absence8.9%
2.5 miles away
Brockington College
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy converter · Secondary
Leicester · LE19 4AQ · Leicestershire
Ages 11–16
- Att846.4
- P8-0.4
- EM5+41%
- Absence8.4%
2.8 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Gareth Williams
- Telephone
- 01162771555