Foundation special school

West Gate School

Mixed · ages 4–19 · with sixth formLeicester, East Midlands · Leicester LE3 6DGTrust: The Well (Wellbeing, Enterprise, Leadership and Learning) TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
199of 200 places
Free school meals
50.9%
Year 11 cohort 2025
16
Ofsted
Report card, 3 March 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Expected standardAttendance and behaviour Strong standardPersonal development and wellbeing Strong standardInclusion Strong standardLeadership and governance Expected standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
What the data says

Of the 10 pupils who finished Year 11 at West Gate School in 2023, 0% stayed on in West Gate School’s own sixth form (Leicester average 18%), none went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Leicester and England.

West Gate School
Leicester
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureWest Gate SchoolLeicesterEngland
Pupils in the cohort104,326607,348
Any sustained destination100%89%92%
Stayed in education100%87%86%
— school sixth form0%18%34%
— sixth form college0%38%13%
— further education college0%29%37%
— other education100%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%1%3%
Employment0%1%3%
No sustained destination0%6%6%
Destination unknown0%5%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Other secondary schools in Leicester

Babington Academy

Academy converter · 1,339 pupils

84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.0

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.