Wigston Birkett House Community Special School

State-Funded School

wigston-birkett-house-community-special-school-leicestershire-east-midlands

East MidlandsRegion

LeicestershireLocal Authority

Harborough, Oadby and WigstonConstituency

LE18 2DTPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Wigston Birkett House Community Special School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 4–19, located in Leicestershire, East Midlands.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 250 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2022

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

68%

Asian

20%

Black

Mixed

Unclassified

Pupils

250

Total Pupils

72%Boys

28%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

33%

England average

27%

First language not English

14%

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: Less deprived
Total pupils: 250
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
24 Jul 2022	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
8 Jun 2015	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.