Academy converter · Secondary
Wigston · LE18 2DS · Leicestershire
Ages 16–18
Status: Open
0.8 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 137931
South Wigston High School
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Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–16
Pupils
730
Local authority
Leicestershire
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
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 11–16, in Wigston, Leicestershire, 730 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 36%.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 137931
Location
- Address
- St Thomas Road
- Postcode
- LE18 4TA
- Town
- Wigston
- County
- Leicestershire
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- District
- Oadby and Wigston
- Constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 730
- Boys / girls
- 376 / 354
- School capacity
- 860
- Capacity fill
- 730 / 860 (85%)
- Free school meals
- 36%
- FSM pupils
- 263
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: LEARNING WITHOUT LIMITS ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- LEARNING WITHOUT LIMITS ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Learning Without Limits
Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Sara-Jayne Fletcher
- Telephone
- 01162782388
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Requires improvement
Inspection date
2024-04-16
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 35.0
- Progress 8
- -1.0
- English & maths grade 5+
- 24%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 42%
- EBacc entry
- 28%
- EBacc APS
- 3.1