Foundation school · Secondary
Leicester · LE3 1AH · Leicester
Ages 11–16
Status: Open
1.1 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 143844
The Winstanley School
Academy converter · Leicester · LE3 3BD
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–16
Pupils
643
Local authority
Leicestershire
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- 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 Leicester, Leicestershire, 643 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 41%. SEN provision includes: SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 143844
Location
- Address
- Kingsway North, Braunstone Town
- Postcode
- LE3 3BD
- Town
- Leicester
- County
- Leicestershire
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- District
- Blaby
- Constituency
- Mid Leicestershire
- 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
- 643
- Boys / girls
- 316 / 327
- School capacity
- 640
- Capacity fill
- 643 / 640 (100%)
- Free school meals
- 41%
- FSM pupils
- 263
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Governance
- Academy trust: LIFE MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- LIFE MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- LIFE Multi-Academy Trust
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision and SEN unit
- Resourced places
- 19 on roll / 15 capacity
- SEN unit places
- 19 on roll / 15 capacity
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr David Bennett
- Telephone
- 01162898688
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
Good
Inspection date
2023-09-12
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- 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
- 33.2
- Progress 8
- -0.8
- English & maths grade 5+
- 28%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 40%
- EBacc entry
- 43%
- EBacc APS
- 2.9