South Wigston High School, Wigston

In 2026, pupils at South Wigston High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 36.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.8 in Leicestershire and 47 across England.

29% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in Leicestershire and 47% in England.

That is up from 34.5 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -1.02: pupils made well below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 28.7, against 40.1 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 11.4 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Art and Design.

For September 2026 entry, 97 families put South Wigston High School as their first choice and 251 named it as one of their preferences, for 111 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to South Wigston High School are Wigston College (0.8 miles, Good); Wigston Academy (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 39.4); Tudor Grange Samworth Academy, A church of England School (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 38.7); and Countesthorpe Academy (1.8 miles, Attainment 8 38.7).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than South Wigston High School.

South Wigston High School is one of 5 schools run by Learning Without Limits Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 37.1 in 2024/25.

Of the 166 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 84% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 58% to a further education college, 5% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

36% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 12.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (70%), Mixed (11%) and Black (7%).

In 2026, 104 pupils (14.2%) received SEN support and 22 (3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is South Wigston Rail Station, about 420 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Wilson Road (opposite), 160 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 200 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, criminal damage and arson and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Leicestershire (58), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, South Wigston High School issued 152 suspensions, 19.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 5 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to South Wigston High School are Parkland Primary School South Wigston (under 0.1 miles), Rolleston Primary School (0.6 miles), Fairfield Community Primary School (0.7 miles) and Eyres Monsell Primary School (1 mile). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.