Wigmore School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 29 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Herefordshire, County of
Unique reference
136405
Address
Ford Street, Wigmore, HR6 9UW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
449 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
54.1%
Girls
45.9%
First language not English
2%
Free school meals (FSM)
12.9%
Persistent absence
26.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 93.1%
Other White 3.8%
Mixed 1.1%
Unclassified 0.9%
Other Asian 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.02
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.26
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 22%
Local authority average 29%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 48%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 52.5
Local authority average 44.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.54
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award30
Art & DesignGCSE15
BiologyGCSE27
Business Studies:SingleGCSE30
ChemistryGCSE26
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE16
Design & TechnologyGCSE17
English LanguageGCSE88
English LiteratureGCSE87
FrenchGCSE21
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Wigmore School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
89
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
103
2nd preference
28
3rd preference
19
From another Local Authority
21
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
88
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
10
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
85
47
38
Year 8
95
41
54
Year 9
91
59
32
Year 10
89
49
40
Year 11
89
47
42
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
82.4%
85.6%
Further education
52.0%
37.1%
35.4%
School sixth form
0.0%
9.7%
36.6%
Sixth form college
35.0%
35.2%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
6.7%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.9%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
6.1%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.9%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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