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Wigston College

SecondaryAges 16–18AcademySixth form

Wigston, LE18 2DS · Leicestershire local authority

Wigston’s School Grade C− better than 18% of towns in England

How full
241 pupils
26% of its 929 places
Free school meals
0%
0 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (30)
The gist

What stands out about Wigston College

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 241 pupils for 929 places
  • 0% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 30%)
  • Ofsted: Good, May 2022 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (LE18 2) sold for a median £245,000; Wigston’s is £255,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

265 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
3.8%England 14%
EHC plan
1.1%England 3.2%
English as an additional language
16.6%England 19%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
0%England 29.6%

Girls and boys

Girls 62%Boys 38%
Its letter

No letter for Wigston College

No published GCSE results: a new school with no Year 11 yet, or a cohort small enough for DfE to suppress. No results, no letter.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, May 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Wigston College

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in LE18 2, the school’s postcode sector

Wigston property prices →
£245,000
median sale, 265 sales in 36 months · Wigston £255,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K2010201520202025LE18 2Wigston
LE18 2Wigston

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£321K
Semi-detached
£250K
Terraced
£220K
Flat
£123K
LE18 2Wigston

Homes in LE18 2 sell for a little under Wigston’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

17 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNDB−DDC+DA−B+CA−C+DBD−DDWigston College
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Wigston, LE18 2DS

Wigston College: common questions

What is Wigston College’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (May 2022).

How much do houses cost near Wigston College?

Homes in its postcode sector, LE18 2, sold for a median £245,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (265 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Wigston’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.