Ashby School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,669 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.1
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Wigston Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 1,286of 1,560 places
- Free school meals
- 25.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 252
- Ofsted
- Good, 7 June 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registrations: Bushloe High School (URN 138892, until 1 September 2015); Abington High School (URN 120311, until 1 April 2012).
What the data says
Wigston Academy has no sixth form. Of the 238 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 4% moved to a sixth form college, 47% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
Sociology is unusually popular at GCSE: 29% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 42.8 against 46.1 across England and 46.2 in Leicestershire, with 32% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Wigston Academy is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
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 Leicestershire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Wigston Academy | Leicestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 238 | 7,799 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 91% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 84% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 33% | 28% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 4% | 10% | 13% |
| — further education college | 47% | 44% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Wigston Academy | Leicestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 42.8 | 46.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 32% | 47% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 61% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 25% | 42% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.80 | 4.13 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 22% | 19% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 30.8 | 32.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 46.2 | 49.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 18% | 8% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 250 | 99% | 89% | 8% | 20% | 65% |
| Mathematics | 250 | 99% | 88% | 12% | 22% | 65% |
| English Literature | 248 | 98% | 86% | 7% | 21% | 63% |
| Combined Science | 189 | 75% | 65% | 6% | 9% | 56% |
| Geography | 181 | 72% | 41% | 14% | 25% | 66% |
| Sociology | 72 | 29% | 4% | 18% | 21% | 72% |
| Biology | 59 | 23% | 23% | 27% | 45% | 97% |
| Chemistry | 59 | 23% | 23% | 22% | 47% | 92% |
| Physics | 59 | 23% | 23% | 25% | 46% | 93% |
| History | 56 | 22% | 41% | 13% | 26% | 46% |
| French | 50 | 20% | 18% | 22% | 29% | 74% |
| Business Studies | 48 | 19% | 18% | 33% | 20% | 83% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 35 | 14% | 8% | 9% | 21% | 54% |
| Computer Science | 32 | 13% | 13% | 16% | 30% | 47% |
| Physical Education | 30 | 12% | 11% | 23% | 24% | 90% |
| Fine Art | 27 | 11% | 9% | 7% | 28% | 78% |
| Media Studies | 26 | 10% | 4% | 19% | 20% | 69% |
| Spanish | 23 | 9% | 19% | 39% | 27% | 87% |
| Design and Technology | 19 | 8% | 11% | 16% | 23% | 74% |
| Drama | 19 | 8% | 7% | 16% | 27% | 68% |
| Film Studies | 15 | 6% | 1% | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| Textiles | 12 | 5% | 2% | 8% | 27% | 50% |
| Polish | 4 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Turkish | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Italian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Punjabi | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 48% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Modern Greek | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 33% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 49 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 35 | — | — |
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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.