Wigston Academy

Wigston Academy
Motto	"Learn, Aspire & Achieve"
Established	2015
Type	Academy
Executive Headteacher	Mr Alex Green
Headteachers	Miss Anne Miller/Mr Ian Cox
Location	Station Road Wigston Leicestershire LE18 2DU England Coordinates: 52°34′53″N 1°06′54″W / 52.5814°N 1.115°W / 52.5814; -1.115
Gender	mixed
Ages	10–14
Colours	Yellow and Blue
School Trust	Wigston Academies Trust
Predecessor Schools	Abington Academy Bushloe High School
Website	Wigston Academy

Wigston Academy is an Academy in Wigston, Leicestershire. It was formed in September 2015 through the merger of Abington Academy and Bushloe High School.

History

The school opened on 1st September 2015.

Previous Schools

Abington High School opened in 1954 although its history is traceable back to 1934.^[1]

Bushloe High School opened in September 1959 and was completely rebuilt in 2006 as part of the 1997-2010 Labour Government's Building School for the Future program.

References

↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150801005241/http://abingtonacademy.org/

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 Leysland High School Lutterworth High School Manor High School The Market Bosworth School St Martin’s Catholic Voluntary Academy Welland Park Academy Wigston Academy

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 Community College Crown Hills Community College De Lisle College English Martyrs Catholic School Fullhurst Community College Groby Community College Hamilton Community College 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 Madani Schools Federation The Martin High School Moat Community College New College Leicester Rawlins Community College Robert Smyth Academy Roundhill Academy Rushey Mead School St Paul's Catholic School Samworth Enterprise Academy Sir Frank Whittle Studio School Sir Jonathan North Community College Soar Valley College South Charnwood High School Wigston College William Bradford Academy Winstanley Community College Woodbrook Vale Wreake Valley Academy

Sixth form	Gateway College Regent College Welbeck Defence Sixth Form 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

Special	Ellesmere College RNIB College

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

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