Wigston Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 8 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not applicable
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Leicestershire
Unique reference
137984
Address
Station Road, LE18 2DT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1328 (84% of total capacity)
Boys
51.7%
Girls
48.3%
First language not English
15.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
22.1%
Persistent absence
24.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 72.4%
Mixed 7.9%
Other White 6%
Indian 5.9%
African 3%
Unclassified 1.4%
Pakistani 0.8%
Other 0.8%
Caribbean 0.7%
Other Asian 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.5
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.09
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 36%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 29%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 39.8
Local authority average 45.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.55
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award12
Speech & DramaTechnical Award6
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE21
BiologyGCSE74
Business Studies:SingleGCSE29
ChemistryGCSE74
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE26
Design & TechnologyGCSE40
English LanguageGCSE235
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Wigston Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
255
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
239
2nd preference
76
3rd preference
52
From another Local Authority
121
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
239
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
8
To another Local Authority
71
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 classes25.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
283
144
139
Year 8
257
137
120
Year 9
274
147
127
Year 10
248
127
121
Year 11
266
131
135
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
85.3%
86.5%
Further education
40.0%
39.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
33.0%
34.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
8.0%
10.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
4.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
4.0%
1.2%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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