Secondary school in Wigston, Leicestershire
Wigston College
Station Road, Wigston, Leicestershire, LE18 2DS
Ofsted
Remained Good at its last ungraded inspection, on 11 May 2022.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 4 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
A levels 2024/25
- Average grade per entry
- C
- Average points per entry
- 30.1
- A level students
- 131
England average 32.3
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 241
- Places
- 929
- How full
- 26% full — 241 of 929 places taken, so places are likely to be available
- Girls / boys
- 144 / 97
- Free school meals, last 6 years
- 0%
- English as an additional language
- 17%
- With an EHC plan
- 1%
- On SEN support
- 4%
England 25.7%
England 18.7%
England 3.5%
England 15%
What pupils do next
After sixth form
- Went to university
- 46%
- In education, work or training
- 85%
- Started an apprenticeship
- 5%
- Students in the cohort
- 130
England 50%
England 84.3%
England 6.5%
Going on to university 2021/22 leavers
Went to a top third university
The third of higher education providers whose entrants hold the highest average entry qualifications. It is the closest thing in the public data to "did they get into a competitive university", and it separates schools far more sharply than the headline progression rate does.
- Went on to a degree
- 77%
- Students in the cohort
- 129
England 65.3%
These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.
A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Oadby and Wigston 005A, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 25%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 27%
- Households owning their home
- 53%
- Households in social housing
- 25%
- Households with no car
- 34%
- Adults economically inactive
- 47%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- Ages 16–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- WIGSTON ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Ailie Pollon
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Ward
- Wigston All Saints
- Constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
- URN
- 138894
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest secondary schools
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wigston AcademyAcademy converter | Good 2022 | 42.8 | 0.1 mi |
| South Wigston High SchoolAcademy converter | Requires improvement 2024 | 34.5 | 0.8 mi |
| Tudor Grange Samworth Academy, A church of England SchoolAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 37.8 | 1.1 mi |
| Lancaster AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Good 2024 | 37.5 | 1.7 mi |
| Sir Jonathan North Girls' CollegeAcademy converter | No grade | 52.6 | 1.8 mi |
| Gartree High SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 54 | 2 mi |
| Beauchamp CollegeAcademy converter | Good 2022 | 55.9 | 2 mi |
| Leicester High School for GirlsOther independent school | No grade | — | 2.1 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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