Wigmore Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Leominster, Herefordshire, County of·HR6 9UN
Composite score
91.6
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#171
National rank
#11
In West Midlands
#2
In Herefordshire, County of
Top 1%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
87%
% achieving higher RWM
30%
Reading average scaled score
114.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
16 first choices, 16 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
25
any preference, for 16 places
Applications from another council area
16%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Wigmore Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
169
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
22.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
7.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,844
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Wigmore Primary School at a glance

Located in Leominster, Herefordshire, County of, Wigmore Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 169 pupils aged 2 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 87% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 6.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 1% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 114 in reading and 109 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 30% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Wigmore Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 16 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.0%. There are about 22.7 pupils per teacher. Wigmore Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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