Wigston Birkett House Community Special School
Station Road, Wigston, Leics, LE18 2DT
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 4 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- BIRKETT HOUSE SCHOOL
- Headteacher
- Mr Chris White
- Religious ethos
- None
- SEN provision
- VI - Visual Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 236
- Pupils on roll
- 250
- URN
- 138935
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01162885802
About this school
Wigston Birkett House Community Special School is a special academy in Leics. It teaches children aged 4 to 19 and has 250 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 17 | 22 | 18 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -6.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -6.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -6.20 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 13 | 19 | 20 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
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 Wigston Birkett House Community Special 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 | 0% | 60.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 60.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 61.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 244 |
| 2023/24 | 242 |
| 2024/25 | 252 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
- 7 June 2022
-
Ungraded inspection report13 November 2019
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 29.77%
- English as an additional language
- 13.5%
- Overall absence
- 11.49%
- Persistent absence
- 28.64%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Goldhill Learning Foundation1.2 miles
Special schools · Leicester
-
Foxfields Academy1.8 miles
Free Schools · Blaby
-
Leicester Partnership School2.0 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Leicester
-
Millgate School2.1 miles
Academies · Leicester
-
Leicester High School for Girls2.2 miles
Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Wigston Birkett House Community Special School teach?
- Wigston Birkett House Community Special School teaches children aged 4 to 19. It is a special school in Leics.
- Who is the headteacher of Wigston Birkett House Community Special School?
- The headteacher of Wigston Birkett House Community Special School is Mr Chris White, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Wigston Birkett House Community Special School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wigston Birkett House Community Special 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 big is Wigston Birkett House Community Special School?
- Wigston Birkett House Community Special School has 250 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 19.
- Is Wigston Birkett House Community Special School full?
- Wigston Birkett House Community Special School has capacity for 236 pupils and 250 on roll (106%), so it is at or above 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 Wigston Birkett House Community Special School a faith school?
- No. Wigston Birkett House Community Special School has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Wigston Birkett House Community Special School?
- Wigston Birkett House Community Special School is part of BIRKETT HOUSE SCHOOL. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Wigston Birkett House Community Special School have?
- The schools register lists Wigston Birkett House Community Special School's special educational needs provision as: VI - Visual Impairment; HI - Hearing Impairment; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Wigston Birkett House Community Special School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Wigston Birkett House Community Special School's absence rate?
- Wigston Birkett House Community Special School's overall absence rate is 11.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Wigston Birkett House Community Special School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wigston Birkett House Community Special 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.