UK Schools
The Winstanley School
The Winstanley School is a mixed secondary academy in Leicester, Leicestershire County Council, teaching 643 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in September 2023. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 29.9 (England 46.1). Its 2025–2026 calendar lists 4 holidays.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for The Winstanley School.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for The Winstanley School.
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1 New Year's Day
- 3 Good Friday
- 6 Easter Monday
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Teacher Day Thursday 21st August 2025 Inset Day
- Teacher Day Friday 22nd August 2025 Inset Day
- August Bank Holiday Monday 25th August 2025 Holiday
- School Open (Autumn Term Start) Tuesday 26th August 2025 Term
- Autumn Mid-Term Break 20th to 24th October 2025 Holiday
- Disaggregated Day (closed) Friday 28th November 2025 Event
- End of Autumn Term Friday 19th December 2025 Term
- Disaggregated Day (closed) Monday 5th January 2026 Event
- School Open (Spring Term Start) Tuesday 6th January 2026 Term
- Spring Mid-Term Break 16th to 20th February 2026 Holiday
- End of Spring Term Friday 27th March 2026 Term
- School Open (Summer Term Start) Monday 13th April 2026 Term
- May Day (Early May Bank Holiday) Monday 4th May 2026 Holiday
- Summer Mid-Term Break 25th to 29th May 2026 Holiday
- End of Summer Term Thursday 9th July 2026 Term
- Disaggregated Day (closed) Friday 10th July 2026 Event
- Christmas Day December 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day December 26, 2025 Event
- New Year's Day January 1, 2026 Event
- Good Friday April 3, 2026 Event
- Easter Monday April 6, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday August 31, 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare The Winstanley School with Leicestershire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 29.9 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Leicestershire County Council England
Attendance 33.8% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 82% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Leicestershire County Council England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for The Winstanley School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to The Winstanley School than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.