The Hinckley School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Hinckley · LE10 1LE · Leicestershire
Ages 11–19
- Att838.7
- P8-0.5
- EM5+34%
- Absence10.9%
0.8 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 140103
Hastings High School
Academy converter · Hinckley · LE10 2QE
Ages 11–16 · 890 pupils · Leicestershire
Ofsted
School remains Good
Attainment 8
52.0
Overall absence
7.5%
Admissions demand
0.97 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-07-06
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.40
−20+2
Attainment 852.0
English & maths grade 5+57%
English & maths grade 4+79%
EBacc entry18%
EBacc APS: 4.5
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence7.5%
Persistent absence (10%+)20.2%
Unauthorised2.7%
- Authorised absence
- 4.9%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.6%
- Enrolments in measure
- 873
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.97 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
177
Places offered
182
1st-preference offers
176
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 363
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 182
- Applications from outside LA
- 6
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 1
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill111%
890 pupils · 800 places
- Pupils on roll
- 890
- Boys / girls
- 447 / 443
- School capacity
- 800
- Capacity fill
- 890 / 800 (111%)
- Free school meals
- 15.5%
- FSM pupils
- 138
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL
- Academy trust
- HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL
- Headteacher
- Co Headteacher Stephen Shipman and Claire Bradley
Location
- Address
- St Catherine's Close, Burbage
- Postcode
- LE10 2QE
- Town
- Hinckley
- County
- Leicestershire
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- District
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Constituency
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Hinckley, Leicestershire, 890 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 15.5%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Redmoor Academy
Ofsted: Expected standardAcademy converter · Secondary
Hinckley · LE10 0EP · Leicestershire
Ages 11–16
- Att847.6
- P80.2
- EM5+48%
- Absence8.7%
1.7 miles away
Heath Lane Academy
Ofsted: Standards maintainedAcademy converter · Secondary
Leicester · LE9 7PD · Leicestershire
Ages 11–16
- Att835.3
- P8-0.6
- EM5+30%
- Absence10.9%
2.9 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Co Headteacher Stephen Shipman and Claire Bradley
- Telephone
- 01455239414