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Wigston Menphys Nursery School

Nursery · ages 2-5MixedLocal authority nursery school37 pupilsWigstonLeicestershire
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWe don't score this type of school.
OfstedGoodLast Ofsted inspection, October 2019
Pupils from low-income families22%A bit fewer than most schools
Pupils per teacher37.0School workforce census
Pupils on roll37Census January 2026

Wigston Menphys Nursery School is a local authority nursery school in Wigston for boys and girls aged 2 to 5. It has 37 pupils. About 22 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit fewer than at most schools. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2019.

Launceston Road, Wigston, LE18 2FR0116 288 9977menphyscentre.leics.sch.ukMiss Laura Jeffs headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted's last full inspection was on 1 October 2019, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.

Good overall. A later, shorter visit on 25 March 2025 said: “Standards maintained”.

TeachingOfsted calls this “quality of education”
Good
BehaviourOfsted calls this “behaviour and attitudes”
Good
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development”
Good
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and management”
Good
Safeguarding
Effective
Yes

This inspection is more than 7 years old. When Ofsted next visits, the school will get a report card instead of one grade.

Earlier inspections (1)
DateTypeOutcome
25 March 2025UngradedStandards maintained

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Leicestershire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll37Census January 2026
Pupils from low-income families22%22% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English3%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support27%10 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan73%27 pupils with a plan
Boys and girls26 / 11
White British pupils70%

Specialist SEND provision. Resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school) with 49 pupils, for autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, other needs, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication, specific learning difficulties, visual impairment.

To get a place in the unit or resourced provision, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school. Other schools in Leicestershire with autism provision.

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: Severe learning difficulty (17), language and communications needs (11), Autistic spectrum disorder (4), Moderate learning difficulty (3), Profound and multiple learning difficulty (1), emotional and mental health (1).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll374146544440
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals22%17%13%11%9%20%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language3%10%15%13%14%30%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support–73%85%83%73%30%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans–24%15%15%27%70%

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers1.0full-time equivalent, 1 people
Pupils per teacher37.0Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants8.3full-time equivalent
Teachers who left in the year38%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0

Money

From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£16,892England £7,738. Total £693k
Income per pupil£15,006England £7,697. Total £615k
Spent on teachers per pupil£4,416England £3,480
Money in reserve-21%In the red: -£127k, -£3,109 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out-£77kit spent more than it took in this year
Where the money goes£16,892spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m23712 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate95 per 1,000 peopleabout the England average
Typical house price£280,000Oadby and Wigston
Nearest bus stop50 mPochins Close, 13 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Little Hill PrimaryAcademy90 m406Report card 202636Compare
Wigston AcademyAcademy370 m1,286Good 202221Compare
Wigston Birkett House Community Special SchoolAcademy410 m250Good 2022–Compare
All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy490 m202Requires improvement 20242Compare
Wigston CollegeAcademy550 m241Good 202272Compare
The Meadow Community Primary SchoolAcademy0.7 miles429Report card 202639Compare
Thythorn Field Community Primary SchoolAcademy0.8 miles165No overall grade 2024–Compare
Fairfield Community Primary SchoolAcademy0.9 miles227Report card 202632Compare
All schools in LeicestershireAll schools in WigstonBest primary schools in England

Questions parents ask

Is Wigston Menphys Nursery School a good school?

Wigston Menphys Nursery School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in October 2019.

What is Wigston Menphys Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated Wigston Menphys Nursery School good at its last full inspection on 1 October 2019. That was more than four years ago. When Ofsted next visits, the school will get a report card instead of a single grade.

How many pupils does Wigston Menphys Nursery School have?

37 pupils aged 2 to 5 were on the roll in January 2026.

Does Wigston Menphys Nursery School have specialist SEND provision?

Yes. It has resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school) for autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, other needs, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication, specific learning difficulties, visual impairment. To get a place there, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Launceston Road, Wigston, LE18 2FR
Telephone
0116 288 9977
Website
www.menphyscentre.leics.sch.uk
Headteacher
Miss Laura Jeffs
Type of school
Local authority nursery school (Local authority nursery school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Nursery school, ages 2-5
Gender
Mixed
Local authority
Leicestershire
Ward
Wigston All Saints
Constituency
Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
1 November 2016 (new nursery school)
URN
142677 · LAESTAB 8551001
Official recordOfsted reportsGovernment performance tablesDownload this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from