Wigston College

Wigston College
Established	1954
Type	Academy
Principal	Mike Wilson
Executive Headteacher	Mark Mitchely
Location	Station Road Wigston Magna Leicestershire LE18 2DS England Coordinates: 52°34′53″N 1°07′09″W / 52.5814°N 1.1193°W / 52.5814; -1.1193
DfE number	855/4033
DfE URN	138894 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Gender	Mixed
Ages	16–18
Houses	Glenne, Herrick, Wistan, De Monfort
Colours	Yellow and purple
Website	www.wigstoncollege.org

Wigston College is a coeducational upper school and sixth form located in Wigston Magna in the English county of Leicestershire. ^[1] The college forms part of The Wigston Academies Trust (TWAT), together with neighbouring Wigston Academy.

It was established as Guthlaxton Grammar School in 1954. The school became Guthlaxton College after comprehensive education was introduced to Leicestershire. The name Guthlaxton came from the Guthlaxton hundred of Leicestershire. In September 2015 the school changed its name to Wigston College to reflect the merger of neighbouring Bushloe High School and Abington Academy into Wigston Academy, a sister school on the same site and part of the same academy trust. In 2016 Wigston Academy took over responsibility for delivering 14-16 education and Wigston College became solely a sixth form, with the final cohort of Year 11 students to study at Wigston College due to leave in 2017.^[2]

Wigston College offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels and further BTECs. The school specialises in performing arts and has dedicated facilities to support the specialism.^[3]

Headteachers

Mr Martin J. Olivier 1954 -
Mr Cyril Harris
Mr Graham Norris 1981 - 1995
Mr Michael Fields 1995 - 2008
Mr John Keller 2008 - 2014
Miss Sally Cox 2014 - 2016
Mr Michael Wilson 2016 -

Notable former pupils

Guthlaxton Grammar School

Adrian Juste, disc jockey and radio presenter

Guthlaxton College

Brett Deacon, rugby union player
Harry Panayiotou, Footballer who currently plays for Leicester City

References

↑ "Welcome | Guthlaxton College". Guth.org.uk. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
↑ "Changes Planned for Abington Academy, Bushloe High School and Guthlaxton College, in Wigston". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
↑ "About Us". Guth.org.uk. Retrieved 2014-01-19.

External links

Wigston College official website

Schools in Leicestershire (including Leicester)

Primary	Bishop Ellis Catholic Samworth Sir John Moore CofE

Middle	Brookvale High School Gartree High School Ibstock Community College Ivanhoe College Manor High School

Upper & secondary	Ashby School Babington Community College Beauchamp College Beaumont Leys School Belvoir High School Bosworth Academy Brockington College The Cedars Academy Charnwood College City of Leicester College Countesthorpe Leysland Community College Crown Hills Community College De Lisle College English Martyrs Catholic School Fullhurst Community College Groby Community College Hamilton Community College Heath Lane Academy Hind Leys Community College Hinckley Academy Humphrey Perkins School John Ferneley College Judgemeadow Community College King Edward VII Science and Sport College Lancaster School Limehurst Academy Long Field Academy Lutterworth College Lutterworth High School Madani Schools Federation The Market Bosworth School The Martin High School Moat Community College New College Leicester Rawlins Community College Robert Smyth Academy Roundhill Academy Rushey Mead Academy St Martin’s Catholic Voluntary Academy St Paul's Catholic School Sir Frank Whittle Studio School Sir Jonathan North Community College Soar Valley College South Charnwood High School Thomas Estley Community College Tudor Grange Samworth Academy Welland Park Academy Wigston Academy Winstanley Community College Woodbrook Vale Wreake Valley Academy

Sixth form	Gateway College Regent College Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College Wigston College Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College

Independent	Dixie Grammar School Emmanuel Christian School Fairfield Preparatory School Grace Dieu Manor School Leicester Grammar School Leicester High School for Girls Loughborough Grammar School Loughborough High School Our Lady's Convent School Ratcliffe College

Further education	Brooksby Melton College Leicester College Loughborough College South Leicestershire College Stephenson College

Special	Birkett House School Ellesmere College RNIB College

Former	Abington Academy Alderman Newton's School Burleigh Community College Bushloe High School Garendon High School John Ells Community College King Edward VII School Leysland High School Mary Linwood Comprehensive School Riverside Business and Enterprise College Rosebery Primary School Sathya Sai School Stonehill High School

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