West Gate School

State-Funded School

west-gate-school-leicester-east-midlands

East MidlandsRegion

LeicesterLocal Authority

Leicester WestConstituency

LE3 6DGPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

West Gate School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 4–19, located in Leicester, East Midlands.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 199 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 3 Mar 2026 · published 23 Apr 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

46%

Asian

26%

Black

15%

Mixed

10%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

199

Total Pupils

75%Boys

25%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

49%

England average

27%

First language not English

34%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 4 – 19
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 199
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
6 Sept 2021	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
26 Nov 2018	Inadequate	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Inadequate

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.