Wigmore School

Academy converter·Secondary school Leominster, Herefordshire, County of·HR6 9UW
Composite score
60.5
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#1,140
National rank
#96
In West Midlands
#4
In Herefordshire, County of
Top 36%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
48.4
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
40%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
67%
% EBacc grade 5+
10%
EBacc average points score
4.13

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
92%
93 first choices, 88 places
First choices per place
1.06
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
159
any preference, for 88 places
Applications from another council area
20%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.03
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9620220.9320231.1620241.0920251.062026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Herefordshire, County of does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Year 7 place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Wigmore School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

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

School profile

Age range
11–19
Pupils on roll
463
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
16.2%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
1.9%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.9%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.0%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.3%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
24.5%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.6
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,022
Typical secondary: £7,815

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

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
91%
85 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
82%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
4%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Location

School overview

Wigmore School is a secondary school serving Leominster, Herefordshire, County of, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 463 pupils aged 11 to 19 on roll. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 48.4 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 2.2 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 36% of secondary schools nationally.

40% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 67% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Wigmore School is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 93 first choices for 88 places. After Year 11, 91% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.3%. There are about 15.6 pupils per teacher. Wigmore 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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