Academy converter · Secondary
Wigston · LE18 2DS · Leicestershire
Ages 16–18
Status: Open
0.1 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 137984
Wigston Academy
Academy converter · Wigston · LE18 2DT
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–16
Pupils
1,286
Local authority
Leicestershire
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- 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, 1,286 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 25.1%. SEN provision includes: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 137984
Location
- Address
- Station Road
- Postcode
- LE18 2DT
- 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
- 1,286
- Boys / girls
- 655 / 631
- School capacity
- 1,560
- Capacity fill
- 1,286 / 1,560 (82%)
- Free school meals
- 25.1%
- FSM pupils
- 323
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: WIGSTON ACADEMIES TRUST
- Academy trust
- WIGSTON ACADEMIES TRUST
- Sponsor
- Wigston Academies 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
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
- Resourced places
- 10 on roll / 14 capacity
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Chris Conlon
- Telephone
- 01162881228
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
2022-06-07
- 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
- 38.4
- Progress 8
- -0.6
- English & maths grade 5+
- 24%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 53%
- EBacc entry
- 37%
- EBacc APS
- 3.5