The Winstanley School

Academy converterSecondaryAges 11–16Mixed

Kingsway North, Braunstone Town, Leicester, LE3 3BD

Headteacher · Mr David Bennett

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 18 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils643Capacity 640

OfstedGoodInspected 12 September 2023

TrustLife Multi-Academy Trust

Free school meals41%

SEN provisionResourced provision and SEN unit

Good

Graded inspection on 12 September 2023.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Year 7 applications close 31 October 2026

For September 2027. Apply through Leicestershire council, not the school. National offer day is 1 March 2027.

121 of the 140 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered126

Applications272

First choice140

First-choice offers121

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).