South Wigston High School
St Thomas Road, Wigston, LE18 4TA
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- LEARNING WITHOUT LIMITS ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Ms Sara-Jayne Fletcher
- Sponsor
- Learning Without Limits
- Constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 860
- Pupils on roll
- 730
- URN
- 137931
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01162782388
About this school
South Wigston High School is a secondary academy in Wigston. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 730 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected South Wigston High School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 169 | 166 | 162 |
| Attainment 8 score | 36.7 | 35.0 | 34.5 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.68 -0.89 to -0.46 | -1.02 -1.24 to -0.80 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 20% | 23.5% | 22.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 52% | 42.2% | 40.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 18% | 28.3% | 27.2% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.0 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How South Wigston High School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Leicestershire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 36.7 | 37.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 35 | 37.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 34.5 | 36.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 831 |
| 2023/24 | 816 |
| 2024/25 | 783 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How South Wigston High School compares
South Wigston High School ranked 42nd of 43 secondary schools in Leicestershire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 26% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 34.5 | 11.3% | 31.4% | 730 | — |
| Wigston College | — | — | 0% | 241 | 0.8 miles |
| Wigston Academy | 42.8 | 8.9% | 24.7% | 1,286 | 0.9 miles |
| Countesthorpe Academy | 38.9 | 9.8% | 22.2% | 1,149 | 1.8 miles |
| Lancaster Academy | 37.5 | 8.5% | 40.6% | 883 | 1.9 miles |
| Sir Jonathan North Girls' College | 52.6 | 8.3% | 30% | 1,115 | 2.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 31.42%
- English as an additional language
- 9.5%
- Overall absence
- 11.26%
- Persistent absence
- 33.05%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Wigston College0.8 miles
Secondary · Wigston
-
Wigston Academy0.9 miles
Secondary · Wigston
-
Countesthorpe Academy1.8 miles
Secondary · Countesthorpe
-
Lancaster Academy1.9 miles
Secondary · Leicester
-
Sir Jonathan North Girls' College2.0 miles
Secondary · Leicester
Other schools in Wigston
- Wigston Academy Secondary
- Wigston College Secondary
- Wigston Menphys Nursery School Nursery
- All Saints Church of England Primary School Primary
- Fairfield Community Primary School Primary
- Glenmere Community Primary School Primary
- Kilby St Mary's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Little Hill Primary Primary
- Parkland Primary School South Wigston Primary
- Saint John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy, Wigston, Leicestershire Primary
- The Meadow Community Primary School Primary
- Thythorn Field Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does South Wigston High School teach?
- South Wigston High School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Wigston.
- Who is the headteacher of South Wigston High School?
- The headteacher of South Wigston High School is Ms Sara-Jayne Fletcher, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has South Wigston High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected South Wigston High School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at South Wigston High School?
- South Wigston High School has 730 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is South Wigston High School full?
- South Wigston High School has capacity for 860 pupils and 730 on roll (85%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is South Wigston High School a faith school?
- No. South Wigston High School has no designated religious character.
- Is South Wigston High School part of an academy trust?
- South Wigston High School is part of LEARNING WITHOUT LIMITS ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have South Wigston High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 36.7 in 2022/23 and 34.5 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does South Wigston High School compare with other schools in Leicestershire?
- South Wigston High School ranked 42nd of 43 secondary schools in Leicestershire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 26% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is South Wigston High School's absence rate?
- South Wigston High School's overall absence rate is 11.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are South Wigston High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, South Wigston High School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.