The Hinckley School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Hinckley · LE10 1LE · Leicestershire
Ages 11–19
- Att838.7
- P8-0.5
- EM5+34%
- Absence10.9%
2.1 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: Standards maintainedURN 138327
Heath Lane Academy
Academy converter · Leicester · LE9 7PD
Ages 11–16 · 644 pupils · Leicestershire
Ofsted
Standards maintained
Attainment 8
35.3
Overall absence
10.9%
Admissions demand
0.89 · Often has places
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Standards maintained
Inspection date
2025-03-23
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.55
−20+2
Attainment 835.3
English & maths grade 5+30%
English & maths grade 4+47%
EBacc entry4%
EBacc APS: 3.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence10.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)32.1%
Unauthorised3.9%
- Authorised absence
- 7.0%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 5.8%
- Enrolments in measure
- 726
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
0.89 · Often has places
1st preferences
102
Places offered
119
1st-preference offers
102
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 174
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 114
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
- 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 fill81%
644 pupils · 800 places
- Pupils on roll
- 644
- Boys / girls
- 312 / 332
- School capacity
- 800
- Capacity fill
- 644 / 800 (81%)
- Free school meals
- 30.1%
- FSM pupils
- 194
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Academy trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Sponsor
- United Learning Trust
- Headteacher
- Mr Mark Trimingham
Location
- Address
- Heath Lane, Earl Shilton
- Postcode
- LE9 7PD
- Town
- Leicester
- 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 Leicester, Leicestershire, 644 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 30.1%.
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%
2.7 miles away
Saint Martin's Catholic Voluntary Academy
Ofsted: Improved significantlyAcademy converter · Secondary
Nuneaton · CV13 6BF · Leicestershire
Ages 11–16
- Att855.9
- P80.7
- EM5+61%
- Absence7.3%
2.8 miles away
Hastings High School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Hinckley · LE10 2QE · Leicestershire
Ages 11–16
- Att852.0
- P80.4
- EM5+57%
- Absence7.5%
2.9 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Mark Trimingham
- Telephone
- 01455845061