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Welland Park Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Welland Park Road, Market Harborough LE16 9DR · wellandparkacademy.co.uk · 01858 464795
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 53.2
- average Attainment 8 score. Leicestershire 46.2, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,014
- 97% of 1,050 places
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 13%
- First language not English
- 3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 189 families put the school first and 206 places were offered; 98% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 206 | 189 | 0.9 | 98% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 196 | 218 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 201 | 185 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 193 | 168 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 205 | 175 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 53.2, and 65.7% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Leicestershire it was 46.2, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲53.2 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲65.7% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲80.1% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼35.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.73 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 39.4 | +0.7 |
| Sixth form college | 11.4 | −5.8 |
| Further education | 38.3 | +5.9 |
| Other education | 0.5 | −1 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.6 | −1.8 |
| Employment | 0.5 | 0 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 3.1 | −0.8 |
| Activity not captured | 4.1 | +2.6 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 12 February 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Welland Park Academy was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 11 Feb 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jul 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jul 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective May 2012Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Jun 2009Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
85% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (165 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 85%
- Replies
- 165
- 17% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 78% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied
based on 56 parents (34%) with SEND