Welland Park Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Leicestershire
Welland Park Road, Market Harborough, LE16 9DR
76
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
88%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
93.7%
12.2% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,014
Capacity used
Nearly full97%
1,050 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
88%
1st preference success rate
192 of 218 families who put it first got an offer
196
Places offered
467
Total applications
2.4
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 218 | 192 | ● 88% |
| 2nd preference | 188 | 3 | ● 2% |
| 3rd preference | 53 | 1 | ● 2% |
| Later preferences (4th–5th) | 8 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 467 | 196 | 42% |
1st preference success by year
Leicestershire lets families list 5 preferences. 110 applications came from outside the council area (45 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Pete Leatherland
- Address
- Welland Park Road, Market Harborough, LE16 9DR
- Phone
- 01858464795
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Ward / constituency
- Market Harborough-Logan · Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
- Area
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 137170
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 13% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 4% | — | — |
| SEN support | 9% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: WELLAND PARK COMMUNITY COLLEGE ACADEMY TRUST
1,014 pupils · 1,050 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
12 February 2025
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 995 pupils
Attendance
93.7%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
6.3%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
12.2%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.3%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.2%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 53.4 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.37 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 64% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 82% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.80 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 53.2 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 65.7% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 80.1% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 35.4% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.73 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 181 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 180 | 32% | 72% | 82% | |
| English Language | 180 | 26% | 69% | 86% | |
| English Literature | 178 | 17% | 69% | 86% | |
| Combined Science | 113 | 4% | 41% | 64% | |
| Geography | 94 | 32% | 65% | 72% | |
| Biology | 65 | 55% | 94% | 98% | |
| Physics | 65 | 46% | 91% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 65 | 45% | 91% | 100% | |
| History | 59 | 39% | 71% | 86% | |
| Business | 54 | 20% | 65% | 78% | |
| French | 33 | 39% | 88% | 91% | |
| German | 30 | 27% | 93% | 100% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Leicestershire council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.